Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.29% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.02% or 0.53 points to trade at 26.78 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 0.75% or 0.75 points to end at 100.40 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 0.49% or 0.25 points to 51.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 4.46% or 2.67 points to trade at 57.22 in late trade. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 3.41% or 0.76 points to end at 21.53 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 3.38% or 1.90 points to 54.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 4.13% to 14.25, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 2.08% to settle at 147.40 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 2.03% to close at 5.324.
The worst performers were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 4.78% to 6.250 in late trade, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which lost 4.46% to settle at 57.22 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 4.06% to 9.565 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 442 to 134 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 11.15% to 17.71 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1302.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.52% or 1.71 to hit $66.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.41 to trade at $74.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.1552, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.75.