Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.60%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 3.77% or 2.16 points to trade at 59.48 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.16% or 0.580 points to end at 27.370 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 0.76% or 0.63 points to 83.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which lost 3.85% or 14.63 points to trade at 365.37 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.18% or 0.52 points to end at 23.31 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 2.08% or 2.60 points to 122.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 6.15% to 67.340, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was up 3.77% to settle at 59.48 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which gained 2.98% to close at 20.76.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 8.14% to 28.20 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 5.07% to settle at 10.85 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 5.07% to 32.920 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 376 to 216 and 83 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.40% to 23.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.60 to $1330.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $59.09 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $62.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.2357, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 89.56.