Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.87%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 0.80% or 0.90 points to trade at 114.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 0.74% or 0.95 points to end at 129.05 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 0.47% or 0.11 points to 23.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 2.92% or 0.78 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.99% or 0.600 points to end at 29.570 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was down 1.99% or 0.54 points to 26.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 3.40% to 66.850, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was up 2.60% to settle at 84.95 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which gained 2.58% to close at 37.32.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.73% to 116.00 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 2.92% to settle at 25.90 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 2.84% to 18.47 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 441 to 173 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Imerys (PA:IMTP) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.60% or 2.15 to 84.95.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 12.24% to 13.99 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1338.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.69% or 1.11 to hit $64.45 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.76 to trade at $68.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.02.