Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Personal Goods, Automobiles & Parts and General Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.86%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.74%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD), which fell 0.02% or 0.01 points to trade at 56.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PARIS:BOUY) fell 0.29% or 0.10 points to end at 34.45 and Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR) was down 0.35% or 0.045 points to 12.955 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH), which fell 5.42% or 9.45 points to trade at 164.85 at the close. Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) declined 4.92% or 6.25 points to end at 120.70 and ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) was down 4.48% or 0.39 points to 8.32.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which rose 6.40% to 14.290, Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which was up 0.66% to settle at 40.90 and Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which gained 0.43% to close at 35.995.
The worst performers were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH) which was down 5.42% to 164.85 in late trade, Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) which lost 4.92% to settle at 120.70 and ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) which was down 4.48% to 8.32 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 573 to 235 and 61 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 12.27% to 19.41.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.34% or 3.80 to $1107.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.87% or 1.74 to hit $43.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.89% or 1.48 to trade at $49.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1029, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.7088.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.36.