Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.87%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 0.80% or 0.90 points to trade at 114.05 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 0.74% or 0.95 points to end at 129.05 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 0.47% or 0.11 points to 23.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.92% or 0.78 points to trade at 25.90 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.99% or 0.600 points to end at 29.570 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) shed 1.99% or 0.54 points to 26.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 3.40% to 66.850, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was up 2.60% to settle at 84.95 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which gained 2.58% to close at 37.32.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.73% to 116.00 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 2.92% to settle at 25.90 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 2.84% to 18.47 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 441 to 173 and 74 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 12.24% to 13.99 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.15% or 2.00 to $1338.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.71% or 1.12 to hit $64.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.77 to trade at $68.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.03.