Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.29%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 3.27% or 12.70 points to trade at 401.50 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 2.32% or 5.80 points to end at 256.00 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.25% or 0.57 points to 46.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 4.54% or 3.72 points to trade at 78.18 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 3.11% or 0.560 points to end at 17.425 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 2.11% or 2.08 points to 96.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 5.14% to 22.50, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was up 3.27% to settle at 401.50 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 3.22% to close at 115.40.
The worst performers were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 5.71% to 10.400 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 5.10% to settle at 16.76 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was down 4.54% to 78.18 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 363 to 220 and 77 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.11% to 17.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.72% or 9.70 to $1337.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.81% or 0.51 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.45 to trade at $68.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8721.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.83.