Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 1.85% or 0.092 points to trade at 5.072 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.74% or 0.23 points to end at 13.76 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 1.14% or 1.10 points to 97.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 1.94% or 0.105 points to trade at 5.315 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 1.72% or 0.88 points to end at 50.23 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was down 1.32% or 0.25 points to 18.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which rose 2.28% to 46.95, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was up 1.85% to settle at 5.072 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which gained 1.79% to close at 13.665.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 9.77% to 23.910 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 5.03% to settle at 3.680 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 4.97% to 59.08 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 437 to 228 and 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.79% or 0.240 to 13.665.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.57% to 19.77.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.05% or 14.05 to $1330.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.53% or 1.62 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.46% or 1.66 to trade at $46.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.39.