France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.35% 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 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index fell 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the were Societe Generale SA (EPA:), which rose 2.26% or 0.51 points to trade at 22.89 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) added 1.42% or 0.74 points to end at 52.94 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was up 1.22% or 0.78 points to 64.52 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 4.75% or 2.38 points to trade at 47.70 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:) declined 3.81% or 18.50 points to end at 467.35 and Engie SA (EPA:) was down 3.30% or 0.46 points to 13.49.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (EPA:) which rose 4.50% to 11.95, Elior Group (EPA:) which was up 3.87% to settle at 3.27 and Eramet SA (EPA:) which gained 2.43% to close at 82.10.

The worst performers were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) which was down 4.75% to 47.70 in late trade, Valeo SA (EPA:) which lost 4.21% to settle at 16.61 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which was down 3.97% to 10.17 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 358 to 188 and 93 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 February delivery was up 1.68% or 30.25 to $1,827.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.57% or 0.43 to hit $75.81 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.15 to trade at $79.65 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 103.65.