France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.20% 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 1.20% to hit a new 52-week low, while the index declined 1.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were Carrefour SA (EPA:), which rose 1.54% or 0.29 points to trade at 18.77 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) added 1.42% or 0.67 points to end at 47.34 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) was up 1.37% or 0.73 points to 54.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (EPA:), which fell 7.29% or 2.56 points to trade at 32.54 at the close. Euroapi SAS (EPA:) declined 5.70% or 0.84 points to end at 13.90 and Legrand SA (EPA:) was down 4.12% or 3.10 points to 72.20.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:) which rose 2.61% to 8.01, Coface (EPA:) which was up 2.07% to settle at 10.37 and Bollore SA (EPA:) which gained 1.80% to close at 4.75.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 23.38% to 14.40 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which lost 13.13% to settle at 1.30 and Worldline SA (EPA:) which was down 7.29% to 32.54 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 397 to 163 and 78 ended unchanged.

Shares in Worldline SA (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.29% or 2.56 to 32.54. Shares in Legrand SA (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.12% or 3.10 to 72.20. Shares in Atos SE (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 23.38% or 4.39 to 14.40. Shares in Air France KLM SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; losing 13.13% or 0.20 to 1.30. Shares in Worldline SA (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.29% or 2.56 to 32.54.

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 August delivery was down 1.00% or 18.25 to $1,813.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.82% or 0.99 to hit $121.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 1.24 to trade at $123.51 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP rose 1.29% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 105.24.