Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, General Retailers and Gas & Water sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.97%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which rose 1.99% or 1.49 points to trade at 76.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 1.63% or 0.92 points to end at 57.28 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.35% or 0.91 points to 68.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH), which fell 3.15% or 5.25 points to trade at 161.25 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 3.04% or 4.95 points to end at 157.85 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 2.74% or 3.60 points to 127.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Montupet SA (PA:MNTP) which rose 3.06% to 61.630, Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) which was up 1.99% to settle at 76.30 and Thales (PA:TCFP) which gained 1.95% to close at 61.28.
The worst performers were Solocal Group (PA:LOCAL) which was down 5.54% to 0.290 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 5.19% to settle at 10.32 and Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 3.83% to 4.07 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 468 to 248 and 60 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.72% to 23.23.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.10 to $1166.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.38% or 0.65 to hit $47.75 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.38 to trade at $50.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1387, while EUR/GBP rose 0.93% to 0.7469.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.76.