France Stock Market Update

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas, and Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.68%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were:
– EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX): +2.05% (+4.70 points) to trade at 234.30
– Thales (EPA:TCFP): +1.68% (+2.55 points) to end at 153.95
– Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW): +1.03% (+0.76 points) to 74.34

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session included:
– Kering SA (EPA:PRTP): -2.23% (-4.90 points) to trade at 215.20
– Accor SA (EPA:ACCP): -2.20% (-0.97 points) to end at 43.09
– Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV): -2.13% (-0.19 points) to 8.75

SBF 120 Performance

The top performers on the SBF 120 were:
– Aeroports de Paris SA (EPA:ADP): +3.34% to 108.40
– Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL): +2.12% to settle at 3.77
– EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX): +2.05% to close at 234.30

The worst performers were:
– Atos SE (EPA:ATOS): -12.28% to 0.21
– Opmobility SE (EPA:OPM): -6.86% to settle at 8.21
– Spie SA (EPA:SPIE): -4.58% to 29.98

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 320 to 164, while 95 ended unchanged.

Shares in EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) rose to all-time highs, gaining 2.05% or 4.70 to 234.30.

Index and Commodity Performance

The CAC 40 VIX, measuring implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged at 0.00% to 18.96, a new 52-week high.

• Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 16.70 to $2,631.30 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.12% or 0.08 to $69.09 a barrel.
• The January Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.14 to trade at $73.16 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.06
• EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 106.17.