France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.23%

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 0.23%, while the index fell 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the were Worldline SA (EPA:), which rose 3.52% or 1.22 points to trade at 35.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) added 3.02% or 1.46 points to end at 49.78 and Capgemini SE (EPA:) was up 1.50% or 2.60 points to 176.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Alstom SA (EPA:), which fell 2.98% or 0.81 points to trade at 26.34 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:) declined 1.95% or 0.34 points to end at 17.05 and Renault SA (EPA:) was down 1.75% or 0.68 points to 37.86.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which rose 16.22% to 4.57, Atos SE (EPA:) which was up 8.22% to settle at 14.29 and Worldline SA (EPA:) which gained 3.52% to close at 35.91.

The worst performers were Virbac SA (EPA:) which was down 9.04% to 246.50 in late trade, Alstom SA (EPA:) which lost 2.98% to settle at 26.34 and Technip Energies BV (EPA:) which was down 1.98% to 20.74 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 275 to 261 and 86 ended unchanged.

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 August delivery was up 0.12% or 2.25 to $1,931.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.15% or 1.50 to hit $71.29 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.14% or 1.60 to trade at $76.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.66.