Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.21% to hit a new 52-week low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 1.42% or 0.35 points to trade at 25.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.50% or 0.39 points to end at 78.94 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 0.42% or 0.27 points to 64.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 4.59% or 0.995 points to trade at 20.680 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) declined 3.22% or 3.70 points to end at 111.30 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 2.54% or 0.55 points to 21.09.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which rose 3.19% to 0.566, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 1.42% to settle at 25.07 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 0.92% to close at 13.10.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 9.73% to 16.79 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 8.55% to settle at 47.600 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 7.16% to 43.340 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 502 to 107 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.59% or 0.995 to 20.680. Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.55% or 4.450 to 47.600.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 16.40% to 21.32.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.40 to $1222.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.14% or 2.94 to hit $54.26 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.18% or 3.46 to trade at $63.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 96.54.