Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 1.92% or 0.88 points to trade at 46.75 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.62% or 1.46 points to end at 91.36 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.47% or 0.205 points to 14.175 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which lost 3.06% or 3.40 points to trade at 107.55 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 1.68% or 1.85 points to end at 108.45 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) shed 1.66% or 3.00 points to 177.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 4.88% to 1.912, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 1.98% to settle at 128.70 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) which gained 1.92% to close at 46.75.
The worst performers were Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which was down 5.54% to 144.90 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 4.85% to settle at 34.920 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 3.98% to 51.90 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 303 to 278 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.38% to 16.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.25% or 16.70 to $1316.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.39% or 0.89 to hit $63.02 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.75 to trade at $66.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.2235, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 90.29.