Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Personal Goods, Gas & Water and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 2.12% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 2.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which rose 2.30% or 1.44 points to trade at 64.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 0.25% or 0.02 points to end at 9.68 and Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) was down 0.21% or 0.14 points to 65.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN), which fell 4.66% or 0.69 points to trade at 14.21 at the close. Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) declined 3.55% or 0.670 points to end at 18.180 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) was down 3.49% or 8.70 points to 240.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PARIS:GTT) which rose 2.69% to 54.90, Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was up 2.30% to settle at 64.04 and Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which gained 1.94% to close at 66.260.
The worst performers were Suez Environnement (PARIS:SEVI) which was down 5.04% to 17.885 in late trade, SEB SA (PARIS:SEBF) which lost 4.71% to settle at 82.16 and Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) which was down 4.66% to 14.21 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 652 to 259 and 49 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.47% to 23.88 a new 3-months high.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.66% or 7.80 to $1194.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.31% or 1.95 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.49% or 1.66 to trade at $68.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1188, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7366.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 95.21.