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 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 1.64% or 0.97 points to trade at 60.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.06% or 0.66 points to end at 62.64 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.85% or 0.70 points to 83.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which fell 2.17% or 1.33 points to trade at 59.85 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 1.70% or 0.80 points to end at 46.30 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.55% or 0.46 points to 29.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which rose 2.43% to 63.60, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 1.64% to settle at 60.14 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 1.51% to close at 33.630.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 5.67% to 6.1500 in late trade, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which lost 4.04% to settle at 51.34 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 3.66% to 21.335 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 390 to 225 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in CGG SA (PA:GEPH) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.67% or 0.3700 to 6.1500. Shares in Genfit (PA:GNFT) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.51% or 0.500 to 33.630.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 256.64% to 10.75.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.55 to $1202.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.59% or 0.77 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.58 to trade at $50.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.0631, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.43.