Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 1.64% or 0.97 points to trade at 60.14 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.06% or 0.66 points to end at 62.64 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.85% or 0.70 points to 83.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 2.17% or 1.33 points to trade at 59.85 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 1.70% or 0.80 points to end at 46.30 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.55% or 0.46 points to 29.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which rose 2.43% to 63.60, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 1.64% to settle at 60.14 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 1.51% to close at 33.630.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 5.67% to 6.1500 in late trade, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which lost 4.04% to settle at 51.34 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 3.66% to 21.335 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 390 to 225 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 256.64% to 10.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.55 to $1202.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.57% or 0.76 to hit $47.64 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.57 to trade at $50.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.0631, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.43.