France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.14%
France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.14%
Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY), which rose 1.76% or 0.51 points to trade at 29.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) added 1.50% or 0.25 points to end at 16.87 and Thales (EPA:TCFP) was up 1.31% or 1.60 points to 123.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which fell 3.19% or 2.16 points to trade at 65.54 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) declined 2.31% or 0.83 points to end at 35.08 and Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) was down 2.16% or 0.94 points to 42.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (EPA:ALDA) which rose 4.21% to 10.90, SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR) which was up 2.95% to settle at 19.69 and Derichebourg (EPA:DBG) which gained 2.22% to close at 5.30.
The worst performers were Quadient SA (EPA:QDT) which was down 17.91% to 12.01 in late trade, Aeroports de Paris SA (EPA:ADP) which lost 12.60% to settle at 129.05 and Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was down 5.56% to 6.96 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 323 to 223 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Quadient SA (EPA:QDT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 17.91% or 2.62 to 12.01.
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 0.14% or 2.55 to $1,783.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.60% or 2.77 to hit $74.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.77% or 3.12 to trade at $79.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 105.38.
