France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.27%

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 0.27%, while the index fell 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sanofi SA (EPA:), which rose 3.68% or 3.48 points to trade at 97.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:) added 1.19% or 1.60 points to end at 135.75 and Vinci SA (EPA:) was up 1.00% or 1.06 points to 107.12 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:), which fell 3.76% or 1.38 points to trade at 35.49 at the close. Legrand SA (EPA:) declined 2.33% or 2.12 points to end at 88.84 and Stellantis NV (EPA:) was down 2.30% or 0.36 points to 15.39.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:) which rose 12.32% to 7.62, Neoen SA (EPA:) which was up 4.33% to settle at 30.38 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) which gained 3.68% to close at 97.97.

The worst performers were Valeo SA (EPA:) which was down 4.73% to 19.94 in late trade, Orpea SA (EPA:) which lost 4.60% to settle at 2.08 and Forvia (EPA:) which was down 4.19% to 21.26 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 208 and 89 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 down 1.13% or 22.35 to $1,948.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.90% or 1.37 to hit $70.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.84 to trade at $75.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 102.14.