Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.08% or 0.77 points to trade at 25.59 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 0.96% or 1.25 points to end at 131.25 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 0.76% or 0.155 points to 20.680 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 2.04% or 0.87 points to trade at 41.84 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 1.45% or 0.93 points to end at 62.99 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) shed 1.40% or 0.77 points to 54.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 3.08% to 25.59, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was up 1.70% to settle at 158.60 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 1.63% to close at 5.250.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.39% to 12.120 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 2.80% to settle at 38.825 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.51% to 35.410 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 366 to 239 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.38% to 11.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.27 to $1275.33 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.51 to trade at $63.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1582, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.85.