Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Oil & Gas Producers and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA), which rose 1.82% or 0.058 points to trade at 3.252 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) added 1.73% or 0.355 points to end at 20.925 and Accor SA (PARIS:ACCP) was up 1.49% or 0.67 points to 45.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 2.01% or 0.97 points to trade at 47.48 at the close. Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) declined 2.01% or 2.35 points to end at 114.75 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was down 1.65% or 0.73 points to 43.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific (PARIS:EUFI) which rose 2.13% to 311.20, Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA) which was up 1.82% to settle at 3.252 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) which gained 1.73% to close at 20.925.
The worst performers were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 4.18% to 3.75 in late trade, Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which lost 2.50% to settle at 4.88 and Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) which was down 2.01% to 114.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 416 to 372 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in CGG (PARIS:GEPH) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.18% or 0.16 to 3.75. Shares in Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.50% or 0.12 to 4.88.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.60% to 21.47.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.24% or 2.70 to $1115.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.73% or 0.31 to hit $42.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.14 to trade at $48.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1027, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7043.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 97.02.