France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Foods&Drugs, Gas&Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.31%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which rose 1.81% or 1.81 points to trade at 101.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.04% or 0.230 points to end at 22.430 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 0.99% or 1.30 points to 132.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 5.50% or 0.848 points to trade at 14.558 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.33% or 0.52 points to end at 21.84 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 2.31% or 1.24 points to 52.39.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) which rose 1.81% to 101.75, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was up 1.79% to settle at 136.60 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 1.77% to close at 18.930.
The worst performers were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 7.97% to 52.22 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 5.50% to settle at 14.558 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 4.83% to 36.86 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 388 to 177 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.04% or 0.230 to 22.430.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.64% to 12.73.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 1.05 to $1398.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.38% or 0.22 to hit $57.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.17 to trade at $64.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1209, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.093.
