Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.14%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM), which rose 0.99% or 0.13 points to trade at 13.27 at the close. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) added 0.78% or 0.34 points to end at 44.10 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) was up 0.49% or 0.55 points to 112.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW), which lost 3.05% or 2.34 points to trade at 74.26 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) declined 2.54% or 16.60 points to end at 636.00 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) shed 2.24% or 5.55 points to 242.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which rose 4.98% to 8.09, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which was up 4.07% to settle at 191.85 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:GTT) which gained 2.93% to close at 133.50.
The worst performers were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which was down 26.74% to 3.25 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which unchanged 18.52% to settle at 0.00 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 5.34% to 1.83 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 223 and 81 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 February delivery was up 1.17% or 31.49 to $2,717.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.82% or 0.56 to hit $68.93 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.44 to trade at $72.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.41% to 0.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 106.21.