Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.21% to hit a new 52-week low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 1.42% or 0.35 points to trade at 25.07 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.50% or 0.39 points to end at 78.94 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 0.42% or 0.27 points to 64.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 4.59% or 0.995 points to trade at 20.680 in late trade. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) declined 3.22% or 3.70 points to end at 111.30 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 2.54% or 0.55 points to 21.09.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which rose 3.19% to 0.566, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 1.42% to settle at 25.07 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 0.92% to close at 13.10.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 9.73% to 16.79 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 8.55% to settle at 47.600 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 7.16% to 43.340 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 502 to 107 and 68 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 16.40% to 21.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.40 to $1222.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.14% or 2.94 to hit $54.26 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.18% or 3.46 to trade at $63.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 96.55.