Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.49% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 4.12% or 0.85 points to trade at 21.62 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 1.55% or 0.62 points to end at 40.67 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.37% or 1.19 points to 87.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 5.03% or 1.250 points to trade at 23.595 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 3.90% or 0.95 points to end at 23.42 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 1.95% or 0.94 points to 47.44.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 5.72% to 12.48, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was up 4.12% to settle at 21.62 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which gained 3.36% to close at 34.64.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 5.03% to 23.595 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.90% to settle at 23.42 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.51% to 4.294 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 364 to 245 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.10% to 14.69 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.39 to $1279.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.11% or 1.20 to hit $55.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.24 to trade at $61.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.87% to 1.1768, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.8953.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 93.90.