Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.82%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 2.14% or 0.32 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 1.67% or 1.26 points to end at 76.66 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.11% or 0.87 points to 79.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 4.85% or 1.32 points to trade at 25.90 in late trade. Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) declined 3.81% or 4.25 points to end at 107.40 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) shed 2.94% or 1.54 points to 50.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 5.18% to 25.16, Iliad (PA:ILD) which was up 3.10% to settle at 124.80 and Trigano (PA:TRIA) which gained 2.97% to close at 95.30.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 8.68% to 11.79 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 6.99% to settle at 33.82 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 5.99% to 9.328 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 417 to 145 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.72% to 17.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.28% or 3.50 to $1243.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $53.07 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.37 to trade at $62.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1328, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8939.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.007.