Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 1.90% or 0.365 points to trade at 19.600 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.41% or 6.60 points to end at 475.30 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 0.79% or 0.16 points to 20.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 1.39% or 0.59 points to trade at 41.90 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.38% or 0.20 points to end at 14.30 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.24% or 1.06 points to 84.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which rose 8.15% to 451.40, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 5.85% to settle at 79.24 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which gained 4.11% to close at 13.420.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 9.06% to 12.85 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 4.57% to settle at 7.100 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 3.55% to 23.36 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 357 to 219 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.61% to 15.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.50% or 6.30 to $1262.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.55% or 2.42 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.67 to trade at $76.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1665, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.22.