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 declined 1.05%, while the index declined 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which rose 2.47% or 2.16 points to trade at 89.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA:) added 1.32% or 0.19 points to end at 15.00 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) was up 1.26% or 0.79 points to 63.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which fell 4.80% or 3.00 points to trade at 59.49 at the close. L’Oreal SA (EPA:) declined 3.87% or 15.15 points to end at 376.40 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) was down 3.80% or 1.30 points to 32.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which rose 4.42% to 8.74, Mersen (EPA:) which was up 3.67% to settle at 25.40 and Emeis SA (EPA:) which gained 3.25% to close at 5.55.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (EPA:) which was down 9.64% to 75.90 in late trade, Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:) which lost 4.98% to settle at 41.00 and X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:) which was down 4.94% to 5.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 280 to 209 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Soitec SA (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; down 9.64% or 8.10 to 75.90.
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 December delivery was up 0.61% or 16.35 to $2,681.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 5.19% or 3.83 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 5.00% or 3.87 to trade at $73.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.98.
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