Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.10% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 1.50% or 0.88 points to trade at 59.50 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 0.67% or 0.18 points to end at 27.15 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 0.62% or 0.52 points to 84.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 4.11% or 0.910 points to trade at 21.230 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.84% or 1.080 points to end at 27.060 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 2.97% or 15.10 points to 493.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which rose 8.23% to 52.75, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 5.42% to settle at 7.584 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which gained 2.38% to close at 33.620.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.23% to 114.20 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 4.11% to settle at 21.230 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 3.84% to 27.060 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 416 to 148 and 100 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.88% to 13.96.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.60 to $1277.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.77% or 1.16 to hit $64.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.59 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1566, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.76.