Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Consumer Services and Leisure Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.31% to hit a new 6-months low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PARIS:LHN), which rose 2.20% or 0.99 points to trade at 46.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PARIS:TECF) added 2.16% or 0.88 points to end at 41.55 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 1.89% or 0.23 points to 12.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN), which fell 2.11% or 0.29 points to trade at 13.43 at the close. Accor SA (PARIS:ACCP) declined 2.03% or 0.83 points to end at 40.10 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) was down 1.69% or 0.340 points to 19.770.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which rose 3.74% to 8.09, Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was up 3.40% to settle at 49.630 and Altran Technologies (PARIS:ALTT) which gained 2.97% to close at 10.190.
The worst performers were Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which was down 9.24% to 41.070 in late trade, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which lost 7.00% to settle at 0.226 and DBV Technologies (PARIS:DBV) which was down 6.07% to 63.400 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 522 to 206 and 51 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.55% to 32.29.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.00 to $1130.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.14% or 0.95 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.14% or 1.01 to trade at $48.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1256, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.7422.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.02.