Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.17%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.57% or 7.50 points to trade at 485.50 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.32% or 0.82 points to end at 62.82 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.10% or 0.22 points to 20.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 4.06% or 1.14 points to trade at 26.94 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 2.18% or 1.02 points to end at 45.87 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) shed 1.71% or 0.90 points to 51.81.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which rose 7.97% to 13.080, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 4.00% to settle at 22.88 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 2.58% to close at 14.72.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 4.06% to 26.94 in late trade, Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which lost 3.72% to settle at 19.95 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 2.24% to 71.66 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 287 to 240 and 122 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.46% to 12.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1314.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.76% or 1.95 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 1.69 to trade at $74.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1885, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.82.