France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.35%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN), which rose 2.26% or 0.51 points to trade at 22.89 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP) added 1.42% or 0.74 points to end at 52.94 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) 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:URW), which fell 4.75% or 2.38 points to trade at 47.70 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) declined 3.81% or 18.50 points to end at 467.35 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) was down 3.30% or 0.46 points to 13.49.

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

The worst performers were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was down 4.75% to 47.70 in late trade, Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which lost 4.21% to settle at 16.61 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:CASP) 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 CAC 40 VIX, 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.