Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 3.22% or 0.60 points to trade at 19.06 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 1.40% or 1.80 points to end at 130.30 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.22% or 2.50 points to 207.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 2.27% or 0.680 points to trade at 29.280 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 1.39% or 0.26 points to end at 18.75 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) shed 1.23% or 1.15 points to 92.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which rose 3.22% to 19.06, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 2.31% to settle at 27.500 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 1.99% to close at 13.55.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 2.32% to 75.70 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 2.27% to settle at 29.280 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 1.78% to 26.520 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 301 to 297 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.23% to 11.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 5.30 to $1337.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.29% or 0.82 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.77 to trade at $69.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2285, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.99.