France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.33%

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 1.33%, while the index lost 1.24%.

The best performers of the session on the were Societe Generale SA (EPA:), which rose 3.90% or 0.91 points to trade at 24.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) added 3.01% or 1.33 points to end at 45.49 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) was up 1.97% or 1.10 points to 57.02 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hermes International SCA (EPA:), which fell 6.54% or 132.30 points to trade at 1,890.20 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) declined 5.01% or 44.00 points to end at 834.20 and Vivendi SA (EPA:) was down 3.60% or 0.34 points to 9.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Societe Generale SA (EPA:) which rose 3.90% to 24.27, CGG SA (EPA:) which was up 3.84% to settle at 0.68 and Valneva (EPA:) which gained 3.31% to close at 5.87.

The worst performers were Hermes International SCA (EPA:) which was down 6.54% to 1,890.20 in late trade, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) which lost 5.01% to settle at 834.20 and Vivendi SA (EPA:) which was down 3.60% to 9.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 304 to 231 and 79 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 June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.80 to $1,975.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.85% or 1.33 to hit $73.38 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.25 to trade at $77.24 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 103.46.