France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.81%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.81%, while the SBF 120 index declined 2.02%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ), which rose 3.50% or 1.19 points to trade at 35.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP ) added 2.53% or 3.60 points to end at 146.15 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF ) was up 1.38% or 0.81 points to 59.31 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH ), which fell 3.56% or 24.50 points to trade at 664.00 at the close. Renault SA (EPA:RENA ) declined 3.18% or 1.24 points to end at 37.75 and Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ) was down 2.86% or 7.35 points to 249.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA:NEXI ) which rose 4.24% to 12.28, Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) which was up 3.50% to settle at 35.21 and Thales (EPA:TCFP ) which gained 2.53% to close at 146.15.

The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF ) which was down 6.74% to 8.41 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL ) which lost 4.81% to settle at 3.80 and Imerys SA (EPA:IMTP ) which was down 4.23% to 28.52 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 190 and 100 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 up 0.92% or 24.40 to $2,683.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.76% or 2.56 to hit $70.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.47% or 2.49 to trade at $74.19 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 100.98.

Source: Investing.com