Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.60% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 2.72% or 0.47 points to trade at 17.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.84% or 0.390 points to end at 21.600 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 0.42% or 0.22 points to 52.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which fell 4.93% or 2.700 points to trade at 52.050 at the close. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) declined 3.89% or 1.09 points to end at 27.09 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 3.75% or 2.58 points to 66.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 4.75% to 98.82, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was up 2.72% to settle at 17.58 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which gained 2.02% to close at 41.48.
The worst performers were Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which was down 14.48% to 40.40 in late trade, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) which lost 6.69% to settle at 96.72 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 4.93% to 52.050 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 343 to 217 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.84% or 0.390 to 21.600. Shares in Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) fell to 5-year lows; losing 14.48% or 6.84 to 40.40.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 18.14% to 17.96 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.55 to $1285.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.12% or 0.70 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.90 to trade at $70.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.453.