Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, Automobiles & Parts and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.06%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which rose 3.54% or 0.34 points to trade at 9.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PARIS:TECF) added 1.52% or 0.94 points to end at 62.70 and Kering (PARIS:PRTP) was up 0.52% or 0.85 points to 164.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which fell 2.36% or 5.70 points to trade at 235.35 at the close. Safran (PARIS:SAF) declined 2.33% or 1.55 points to end at 65.00 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was down 2.22% or 1.38 points to 60.71.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) which rose 3.54% to 9.84, STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which was up 2.44% to settle at 7.214 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which gained 2.32% to close at 22.52.
The worst performers were Eiffage (PARIS:FOUG) which was down 3.62% to 51.66 in late trade, Faurecia (PARIS:EPED) which lost 3.58% to settle at 41.17 and Ipsos (PARIS:ISOS) which was down 3.36% to 25.86 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 659 to 234 and 51 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.07% to 21.56.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.87% or 10.30 to $1193.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.30% or 1.36 to hit $60.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.59% or 1.70 to trade at $67.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.1249, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7168.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.74% at 94.41.