Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 4.12% or 0.58 points to trade at 14.66 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 1.32% or 0.082 points to end at 6.287 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.31% or 0.39 points to 30.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group (PA:AIR), which fell 2.63% or 1.44 points to trade at 53.39 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 2.06% or 1.32 points to end at 62.75 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 2.02% or 1.10 points to 53.32.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 5.00% to 67.820, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was up 4.12% to settle at 14.66 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which gained 2.69% to close at 25.97.
The worst performers were Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which was down 6.95% to 71.28 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 3.73% to settle at 412.20 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) which was down 2.63% to 53.39 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 372 to 301 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.32% or 0.082 to 6.287. Shares in Neopost (PA:NPOS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.69% or 0.68 to 25.97.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.41% to 17.65.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.80% or 10.15 to $1273.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.17% or 0.59 to hit $49.93 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.66 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0886, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 98.70.