Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 1.74% or 1.95 points to trade at 114.05 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 1.00% or 2.15 points to end at 217.50 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.98% or 1.20 points to 123.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.58% or 2.00 points to trade at 124.50 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.35% or 1.00 points to end at 73.20 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 1.26% or 0.60 points to 47.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 2.76% to 38.370, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 2.06% to settle at 60.420 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which gained 1.74% to close at 114.05.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 5.42% to 2.880 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which lost 2.43% to settle at 29.660 and SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which was down 2.09% to 34.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 340 to 255 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.36% to 10.00.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1262.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1820, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.23.