Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.10% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 1.50% or 0.88 points to trade at 59.50 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 0.67% or 0.18 points to end at 27.15 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 0.62% or 0.52 points to 84.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 4.11% or 0.910 points to trade at 21.230 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.84% or 1.080 points to end at 27.060 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 2.97% or 15.10 points to 493.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which rose 8.23% to 52.75, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 5.42% to settle at 7.584 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which gained 2.38% to close at 33.620.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.23% to 114.20 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 4.11% to settle at 21.230 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 3.84% to 27.060 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 416 to 148 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.88% to 13.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 2.70 to $1277.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.78% or 1.17 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.59 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1566, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.76.