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

The Paris closing bell saw the index lose 0.2% and the Paris closed down by 0.34%.

Eurofins Scientific SE was among the top performers during the session. They gained 1.46%, or 1.54 points, to close at 106.74. Veolia Environnement VE SA – PA: climbed 1.06%, or 0.28 point to trade at 106.74. Renault SA (PA:), was 0.26 points higher at 32.77, up 0.82% in late trade

They were also the worst performers of the session. Safran SA (PA) fell by 2.63%, or 3.04 points, to close at 112.70. STMicroelectronics N (PA:), which fell 1.64% (0.59 points) to trade at 112.70. Bouygues SA (PA) fell 1.61%, or 0.56 points, to 34.31.

These were the top performers on SBF 120 Mcphy Energy (PA:), which rose 16.29% towards 19.20. Solutions 30SE (PA;) was up at 4.69% to settle in at 8.03. Electricite de France SA, (PA:), gained 2.81% and closed at 12.42.

They were among the most disappointing. Vallourec (PA) was at 6.39% lower than 7.470 in late trading, TechnipFMC PLC was at 6.66 which fell 5.54% to close at 6.66. CGG SA was at 0.729 (PA) was at 4.33% below the close.

The Paris Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 307.302 to 302.71 was the final result.

The was unchanged at 0%, to 18.96, an all-time high of 6-months.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.31% to $1761.15 per troy an ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil for November delivery rose 0.3% or 0.26, to $80.78 per barrel. The December Brent oil contract dropped 0.08 or 0.07, to $83.58 per barrel.

EUR/USD dropped 0.10% from 1.1540 to 0.8483, and EUR/GBP declined 0.14% to 0.8483.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.3% at 94.445