Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil&Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 1.90% or 0.365 points to trade at 19.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.41% or 6.60 points to end at 475.30 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 0.79% or 0.16 points to 20.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 1.39% or 0.59 points to trade at 41.90 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.38% or 0.20 points to end at 14.30 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 1.24% or 1.06 points to 84.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which rose 8.15% to 451.40, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 5.85% to settle at 79.24 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which gained 4.11% to close at 13.420.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 9.06% to 12.85 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 4.57% to settle at 7.100 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 3.55% to 23.36 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 357 to 219 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.38% or 0.20 to 14.30. Shares in Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.06% or 1.28 to 12.85.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.61% to 15.70.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.48% or 6.10 to $1262.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.73% or 2.54 to hit $70.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.48% or 1.85 to trade at $76.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1667, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.22.
