Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.19% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 4.81% or 4.55 points to trade at 99.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 0.13% or 0.08 points to end at 63.87 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was down 0.20% or 0.12 points to 59.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 3.76% or 0.197 points to trade at 5.048 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 3.30% or 1.44 points to end at 42.00 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was down 3.14% or 0.60 points to 18.66.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which rose 4.81% to 99.20, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 2.07% to settle at 79.78 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which gained 1.41% to close at 6.778.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 5.02% to 3.971 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.88% to settle at 22.0600 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 3.76% to 5.048 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 413 to 237 and 115 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.72% to 21.20 a new 1-month high.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1327.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.68% or 1.24 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.19% or 1.06 to trade at $47.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1233, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.8520.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 95.43.