France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.13% By Investing.com

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the declined 0.13%, while the index fell 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sanofi SA (EPA:), which rose 2.16% or 1.73 points to trade at 81.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA:) added 1.72% or 0.25 points to end at 14.79 and Vinci SA (EPA:) was up 1.18% or 0.98 points to 84.02 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:), which fell 3.08% or 1.01 points to trade at 31.98 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:) declined 2.68% or 0.54 points to end at 19.46 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) was down 2.33% or 1.02 points to 42.77.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Imerys SA (EPA:) which rose 5.20% to 34.80, Ovh Groupe SAS (EPA:) which was up 3.11% to settle at 10.77 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) which gained 2.16% to close at 81.81.

The worst performers were Solvay SA (EBR:) which was down 5.40% to 82.76 in late trade, Arkema SA (EPA:) which lost 4.89% to settle at 72.38 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:) which was down 3.61% to 112.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 304 to 232 and 94 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.78% or 13.05 to $1,688.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.85% or 1.69 to hit $89.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 1.61 to trade at $94.58 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 0.98, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 112.40.