Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Electronic Equipment, Aerospace & Defense and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.22%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 4.25% or 0.725 points to trade at 17.780 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 3.76% or 0.97 points to end at 26.75 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 1.77% or 1.85 points to 106.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 2.80% or 1.33 points to trade at 46.15 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.60% or 0.575 points to end at 21.545 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) shed 2.01% or 1.93 points to 93.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 6.10% to 60.850, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 4.46% to settle at 8.20 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which gained 4.25% to close at 17.780.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 3.71% to 63.40 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 3.72% to settle at 45.000 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 2.80% to 46.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 287 to 286 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.27% to 22.96 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 7.60 to $1224.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.10% or 0.74 to hit $66.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.59% or 1.23 to trade at $76.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1366, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.62.