Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.49%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 2.66% or 0.117 points to trade at 4.512 at the close. Klepierre (PA:LOIM) added 2.59% or 0.91 points to end at 35.91 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.55% or 3.30 points to 215.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 4.77% or 2.86 points to trade at 57.15 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 3.12% or 0.94 points to end at 29.18 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) shed 2.50% or 1.12 points to 43.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which rose 2.66% to 4.512, Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which was up 2.59% to settle at 35.91 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 1.82% to close at 63.940.
The worst performers were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 4.77% to 57.15 in late trade, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which lost 3.62% to settle at 10.650 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 3.12% to 29.18 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 276 and 123 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.88% to 16.45.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.34% or 4.25 to $1236.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.98% or 1.05 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 0.88 to trade at $54.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.0697, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.24.