Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 2.38% or 0.98 points to trade at 42.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 2.31% or 0.31 points to end at 13.73 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 1.77% or 0.41 points to 23.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.77% or 0.52 points to trade at 28.50 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.36% or 0.88 points to end at 63.75 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 1.23% or 1.55 points to 124.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 7.08% to 9.47, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 3.82% to settle at 46.230 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which gained 3.17% to close at 22.00.
The worst performers were Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 3.80% to 30.920 in late trade, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which lost 3.42% to settle at 61.49 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 2.53% to 48.735 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 329 to 299 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.82% or 1.700 to 46.230.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.87% to 13.06 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.61% or 7.47 to $1237.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $48.83 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.93% to 1.1077, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 98.13.