Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Oil & Gas Producers and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.59%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 4.26% or 3.79 points to trade at 92.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 0.86% or 0.56 points to end at 65.50 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 0.17% or 0.03 points to 14.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which fell 6.22% or 2.70 points to trade at 40.70 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 4.54% or 2.31 points to end at 48.60 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was down 4.42% or 0.21 points to 4.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which rose 12.45% to 114.70, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) which was up 4.26% to settle at 92.67 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which gained 1.03% to close at 17.660.
The worst performers were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which was down 6.22% to 40.70 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 6.06% to settle at 11.79 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 4.61% to 30.73 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 493 to 166 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 12.45% or 12.70 to 114.70.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.33% to 24.50.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.52% or 6.70 to $1289.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.84% or 1.27 to hit $43.51 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 0.92 to trade at $44.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1520, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.7917.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 92.80.