France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.28% 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 fell 0.28%, while the index lost 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which rose 2.27% or 0.65 points to trade at 29.28 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:) added 1.77% or 11.00 points to end at 630.90 and Thales (PA:) was up 1.67% or 2.05 points to 125.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:), which fell 2.82% or 3.00 points to trade at 103.22 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:) declined 2.32% or 2.28 points to end at 96.18 and Societe Generale SA (PA:) was down 1.85% or 0.43 points to 22.52.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:) which rose 7.49% to 1.06, Rexel (PA:) which was up 3.58% to settle at 18.66 and Eramet SA (PA:) which gained 3.56% to close at 154.20.

The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:) which was down 5.61% to 93.20 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:) which lost 4.01% to settle at 15.07 and Valneva (PA:) which was down 3.67% to 15.22 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 336 to 220 and 82 ended unchanged.

Shares in Thales (PA:) rose to all time highs; up 1.67% or 2.05 to 125.05.

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 June delivery was up 1.40% or 27.20 to $1,975.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.82% or 6.43 to hit $100.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.33% or 6.23 to trade at $104.71 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 100.20.