Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Electronic Equipment and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.02%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.60% or 0.25 points to trade at 15.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) added 0.86% or 0.25 points to end at 29.25 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 0.73% or 0.85 points to 117.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 5.31% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.06 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 3.71% or 1.76 points to end at 45.63 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 2.94% or 1.54 points to 50.76.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which rose 2.41% to 57.71, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was up 1.60% to settle at 15.89 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 1.35% to close at 26.650.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 7.20% to 9.62 in late trade, Solocal Group (PA:LOCAL) which lost 6.01% to settle at 7.659 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 5.31% to 5.06 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 471 to 252 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.35% or 0.355 to 26.650.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.10% to 20.45.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.30 to $1165.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.34% or 1.03 to hit $42.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.84% or 0.88 to trade at $46.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1037, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.7212.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.03.