Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.16%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 1.13% or 6.20 points to trade at 554.80 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 0.86% or 2.55 points to end at 300.05 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.82% or 1.70 points to 208.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 1.74% or 0.45 points to trade at 25.45 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.66% or 0.200 points to end at 11.830 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.52% or 0.63 points to 40.74.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 4.42% to 33.580, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 2.31% to settle at 8.780 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 2.28% to close at 13.44.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 4.33% to 1.148 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 3.54% to settle at 103.40 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 3.53% to 1.037 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 239 and 111 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.97% to 15.54 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.50 to $1202.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.20 to trade at $72.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1341, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8919.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.58.