France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.32%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR), which rose 2.24% or 0.32 points to trade at 14.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) added 1.17% or 0.25 points to end at 21.61 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) was up 1.14% or 1.20 points to 106.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS), which fell 2.69% or 59.00 points to trade at 2,133.00 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) declined 1.79% or 12.20 points to end at 669.80 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) was down 1.31% or 1.02 points to 77.02.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) which rose 2.24% to 14.61, Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which was up 2.09% to settle at 7.82 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which gained 1.81% to close at 180.40.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 3.15% to 0.81 in late trade, Valneva (EPA:VLS) which lost 2.76% to settle at 3.38 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) which was down 2.69% to 2,133.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 253 to 212 and 111 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 December delivery was down 0.33% or 8.55 to $2,546.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.12% or 1.64 to hit $75.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.87% or 1.50 to trade at $78.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.66.