Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.30% or 0.55 points to trade at 24.23 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 1.70% or 0.350 points to end at 20.900 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.19% or 0.22 points to 18.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danone SA (PA:DANO), which lost 1.75% or 1.15 points to trade at 64.60 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.56% or 4.70 points to end at 297.30 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.46% or 1.50 points to 101.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 5.67% to 35.67, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was up 2.67% to settle at 41.94 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 2.42% to close at 13.12.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 5.21% to 27.270 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 2.13% to settle at 39.24 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) which was down 1.75% to 64.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 329 to 266 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.19% to 14.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.45 to $1215.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.73% or 0.77 to hit $45.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 0.77 to trade at $47.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1442, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.64.