Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 2.35% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index lost 2.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 0.12% or 0.15 points to trade at 123.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) fell 0.17% or 0.17 points to end at 98.01 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 0.73% or 0.40 points to 54.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 4.34% or 1.15 points to trade at 25.33 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 3.78% or 14.70 points to end at 374.20 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 3.61% or 1.015 points to 27.090.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 0.67% to 30.18, Arkema (PA:AKE) which was up 0.53% to settle at 100.25 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which gained 0.12% to close at 123.45.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 5.06% to 24.400 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 4.71% to settle at 33.960 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 4.48% to 6.824 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 598 to 54 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.71% or 1.680 to 33.960.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 39.46% to 24.76 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.80 to $1330.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.40 to trade at $67.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2386, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8873.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.49.