Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.95%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 2.50% or 1.70 points to trade at 69.68 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.91% or 0.46 points to end at 24.53 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.44% or 0.26 points to 18.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 4.11% or 1.56 points to trade at 36.36 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 3.83% or 1.86 points to end at 46.76 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.96% or 0.52 points to 17.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Getlink SE (PA:GETP) which rose 5.49% to 12.005, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was up 4.28% to settle at 80.35 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which gained 2.50% to close at 69.68.
The worst performers were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 6.06% to 0.499 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 5.34% to settle at 1.817 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 4.86% to 13.51 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 390 to 185 and 89 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.05% to 20.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1252.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 4.82% or 2.42 to hit $47.78 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.64% or 2.17 to trade at $57.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1366, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.512.