Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 2.38% or 0.98 points to trade at 42.08 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 2.31% or 0.31 points to end at 13.73 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 1.77% or 0.41 points to 23.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 1.77% or 0.52 points to trade at 28.50 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.36% or 0.88 points to end at 63.75 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) shed 1.23% or 1.55 points to 124.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 7.08% to 9.47, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 3.82% to settle at 46.230 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which gained 3.17% to close at 22.00.
The worst performers were Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 3.80% to 30.920 in late trade, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which lost 3.42% to settle at 61.49 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 2.53% to 48.735 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 329 to 299 and 89 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.87% to 13.06 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.26 to $1237.26 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $48.82 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $51.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.92% to 1.1076, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 98.13.