Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Beverage, Real Estate and Electronic Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.41%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which rose 3.80% or 0.37 points to trade at 10.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) added 2.37% or 0.320 points to end at 13.830 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) was up 1.96% or 1.18 points to 61.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP), which fell 4.85% or 5.55 points to trade at 108.85 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) declined 2.49% or 5.85 points to end at 229.00 and L'Oreal (PARIS:OREP) was down 2.28% or 3.95 points to 169.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which rose 5.17% to 6.41, Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was up 5.13% to settle at 45.60 and Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which gained 3.94% to close at 74.42.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was down 6.55% to 13.560 in late trade, Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP) which lost 4.85% to settle at 108.85 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) which was down 2.49% to 229.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 470 to 439 and 60 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.03% to 23.41.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.40% or 4.80 to $1193.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.84% or 1.11 to hit $61.31 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.92 to trade at $65.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 2.22% to 1.1171, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.7272.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.76% at 95.81.