Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 2.29% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index fell 2.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group (PA:AIR), which fell 0.57% or 0.29 points to trade at 50.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) fell 0.78% or 0.47 points to end at 60.00 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 1.29% or 0.77 points to 59.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 4.92% or 0.224 points to trade at 4.331 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 3.89% or 0.61 points to end at 15.09 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 3.44% or 1.43 points to 40.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which rose 0.59% to 16.17, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 0.31% to settle at 25.865 and Saft (PA:S1A) which gained 0.03% to close at 36.51.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 5.92% to 3.160 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which lost 4.92% to settle at 4.331 and Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 4.89% to 3.110 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 553 to 101 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.89% or 0.61 to 15.09.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.55% to 36.35 a new 3-months high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.30 to $1284.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.10% or 0.54 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.71 to trade at $49.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.77% to 1.1205, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.7925.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.64% at 95.02.