Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 1.72% or 1.27 points to trade at 74.98 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 0.81% or 1.80 points to end at 224.90 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.67% or 0.75 points to 112.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which lost 2.00% or 0.153 points to trade at 7.499 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) declined 1.71% or 0.086 points to end at 4.930 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.63% or 1.00 points to 60.32.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 2.68% to 7.424, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) which was up 1.72% to settle at 74.98 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 1.71% to close at 4.350.
The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 4.21% to 34.12 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which lost 3.64% to settle at 14.045 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 3.18% to 30.750 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 407 to 213 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.21% to 24.44 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.42% or 17.75 to $1271.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $53.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $56.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0612, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.62.