Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.71%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 1.81% or 0.290 points to trade at 16.310 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.16% or 0.200 points to end at 17.445 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.07% or 0.14 points to 12.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 2.83% or 1.04 points to trade at 35.71 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.41% or 0.55 points to end at 22.26 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) shed 2.13% or 6.55 points to 300.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 3.60% to 15.53, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 3.50% to settle at 100.000 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 2.35% to close at 1.045.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 4.40% to 18.890 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 4.31% to settle at 53.300 and Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was down 4.02% to 467.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 399 to 181 and 84 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.16% to 14.17.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.52% or 18.10 to $1209.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $75.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $85.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.02.