Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 0.13% or 0.09 points to trade at 71.05 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 0.07% or 0.01 points to end at 20.55 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.03% or 0.05 points to 163.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 2.26% or 0.092 points to trade at 3.970 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 2.21% or 0.90 points to end at 39.55 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 2.19% or 1.73 points to 77.38.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 1.18% to 65.88, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 0.69% to settle at 10.28 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 0.38% to close at 45.50.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 3.50% to 8.383 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 3.03% to settle at 32.49 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 2.90% to 24.315 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 430 to 214 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) fell to all time lows; losing 2.26% or 0.092 to 3.970. Shares in Alten (PA:LTEN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.18% or 0.77 to 65.88.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.96% to 22.36 a new 3-months high.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.19% or 15.15 to $1288.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.81% or 0.38 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.52 to trade at $48.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1054, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.9036.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.