Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.40%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 1.12% or 2.40 points to trade at 215.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.00% or 0.145 points to end at 14.615 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 0.58% or 0.120 points to 20.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Legrand SA (PA:LEGD), which fell 1.27% or 0.79 points to trade at 61.39 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 1.21% or 0.45 points to end at 36.72 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 1.18% or 0.61 points to 51.04.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 3.73% to 82.94, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 3.53% to settle at 31.400 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 3.15% to close at 56.02.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 4.40% to 51.010 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 4.02% to settle at 9.16 and Euler Hermes (PA:ELER) which was down 3.55% to 100.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 388 to 206 and 98 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.61% to 14.23.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.72 to $1223.92 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $47.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $49.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1350, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.