Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.65%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 0.81% or 0.37 points to trade at 46.20 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 0.68% or 0.66 points to end at 97.06 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 0.35% or 0.040 points to 11.355 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 3.13% or 2.68 points to trade at 83.06 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 2.15% or 0.36 points to end at 16.39 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.87% or 0.42 points to 22.04.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which rose 3.56% to 30.25, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was up 0.81% to settle at 46.20 and Vicat (PA:VCTP) which gained 0.77% to close at 45.85.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 3.43% to 52.050 in late trade, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which lost 3.13% to settle at 83.06 and Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which was down 3.00% to 72.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 357 to 202 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.25% to 13.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.50% or 6.45 to $1308.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $64.06 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.44 to trade at $70.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1262, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8628.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.623.