France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.69%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the declined 0.69%, while the index added 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sanofi SA (EPA:), which rose 1.28% or 1.21 points to trade at 95.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:) added 0.88% or 1.20 points to end at 137.40 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:) was up 0.58% or 0.16 points to 27.79 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (EPA:), which fell 3.01% or 1.79 points to trade at 57.76 at the close. Worldline SA (EPA:) declined 2.57% or 0.86 points to end at 32.61 and Credit Agricole SA (EPA:) was down 2.46% or 0.29 points to 11.51.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which rose 5.98% to 2.55, Ipsen SA (EPA:) which was up 4.24% to settle at 120.60 and Voltalia SA (EPA:) which gained 3.47% to close at 16.10.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 3.85% to 7.33 in late trade, SES Imagotag (EPA:) which lost 3.53% to settle at 114.80 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) which was down 3.01% to 57.76 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 306 to 198 and 111 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ipsen SA (EPA:) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 4.24% or 4.90 to 120.60.

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 December delivery was down 0.52% or 10.15 to $1,959.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.24% or 0.20 to hit $82.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.16 to trade at $85.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 102.43.