Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX), which rose 2.05% or 4.70 points to trade at 234.30 at the close. Thales (EPA:TCFP) added 1.68% or 2.55 points to end at 153.95 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) was up 1.03% or 0.76 points to 74.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which lost 2.23% or 4.90 points to trade at 215.20 in late trade. Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) declined 2.20% or 0.97 points to end at 43.09 and Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) shed 2.13% or 0.19 points to 8.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aeroports de Paris SA (EPA:ADP) which rose 3.34% to 108.40, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was up 2.12% to settle at 3.77 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) which gained 2.05% to close at 234.30.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 12.28% to 0.21 in late trade, Opmobility SE (EPA:OPM) which lost 6.86% to settle at 8.21 and Spie SA (EPA:SPIE) which was down 4.58% to 29.98 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 320 to 164 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 16.10 to $2,630.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $73.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 106.17.