Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.38%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 3.13% or 0.47 points to trade at 15.50 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 1.83% or 2.60 points to end at 144.50 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 1.39% or 1.14 points to 83.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which lost 2.86% or 3.30 points to trade at 112.15 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.29% or 0.70 points to end at 53.38 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) shed 1.05% or 2.00 points to 187.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which rose 3.71% to 9.37, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 3.59% to settle at 19.60 and Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which gained 3.46% to close at 185.40.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.05% to 124.10 in late trade, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which lost 2.86% to settle at 112.15 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 2.08% to 70.66 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 271 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.14% to 12.12.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.40 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.32 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $76.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1780, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.57.