Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 3.42%, while the SBF 120 index fell 3.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA), which fell 1.81% or 0.058 points to trade at 3.149 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) fell 1.88% or 0.53 points to end at 27.66 and Safran SA (PARIS:SAF) was down 2.15% or 1.50 points to 68.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which fell 8.76% or 1.33 points to trade at 13.86 at the close. Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) declined 7.12% or 5.10 points to end at 66.55 and ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) was down 5.92% or 0.34 points to 5.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PARIS:GTT) which rose 0.88% to 46.26, Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which was up 0.81% to settle at 17.975 and Gemalto (AMS:GTO) which gained 0.78% to close at 59.80.
The worst performers were Aperam (AMS:APAM) which was down 9.43% to 25.02 in late trade, Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) which lost 8.76% to settle at 13.86 and Faurecia (PARIS:EPED) which was down 8.27% to 27.57 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 607 to 119 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.92% or 0.34 to 5.46.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 18.44% to 30.46.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.72% or 8.10 to $1124.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.17% or 1.49 to hit $45.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.85% or 0.91 to trade at $48.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1122, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.7236.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.50.