Shares in France finished the session in negative territory on Tuesday as losses across the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors pushed indexes lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.39% to register a new one-month low, while the SBF 120 slipped 0.37%.
The best-performing names on the CAC 40 included TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF), which gained 2.75% or 2.08 points to end at 77.61. Air Liquide SA (EPA:AIRP) added 2.15% or 3.64 points, closing at 173.18, and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) rose 2.07% or 0.33 points to finish at 16.00.
On the downside, Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) was the weakest performer on the CAC 40, falling 3.04% or 1.96 points to close at 62.54. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) declined 2.70% or 6.85 points to finish at 247.20, and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) was down 2.60% or 0.12 points at 4.64.
Within the SBF 120, Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) led gains with a 4.39% increase to 91.65. Technip Energies BV (EPA:TE) climbed 4.12% to settle at 31.34, and Valneva (EPA:VLS) rose 3.62% to close at 2.81.
The laggards on the SBF 120 included Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL), which dropped 5.51% to 1.74, SES (EPA:SESFd), down 5.48% to 4.63, and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30), which lost 5.09% to finish at 0.54.
Declining shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 290 to 171, while 78 stocks finished unchanged.
SES (EPA:SESFd) moved lower to a 52-week low, falling 5.48% or 0.27 to 4.63 at the close.
The CAC 40 VIX, the measure of implied volatility for CAC 40 options, was unchanged at 0.00% and stood at 18.96, a new 52-week high.
Commodities displayed mixed moves. Gold Futures for December delivery fell 1.33% or 59.75 to $4,421.75 a troy ounce. In oil markets, crude for October delivery rose 3.06% or 2.62 to $88.38 a barrel, while the December Brent contract increased 4.87% or 4.30 to trade at $92.67 a barrel.
In currency markets, EUR/USD was effectively unchanged, moving 0.22% to 1.16, while EUR/GBP was flat at an unchanged 0.05% to 0.86. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.60.
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This session's moves left the main benchmark lower and highlighted mixed performance across sectors, with energy and select industrials supporting the market while names in technology, consumer goods and other cyclical areas declined.