Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.31% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN), which rose 1.67% or 3.65 points to trade at 222.75 at the close. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) added 1.12% or 0.53 points to end at 47.73 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) was up 0.43% or 0.32 points to 74.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM), which lost 5.30% or 0.63 points to trade at 11.32 in late trade. Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) declined 4.25% or 1.95 points to end at 43.98 and Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) shed 3.83% or 5.85 points to 146.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which rose 4.93% to 11.92, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was up 4.06% to settle at 3.69 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which gained 3.80% to close at 1.72.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was unchanged 13.95% to 0.00 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which lost 9.27% to settle at 10.37 and Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which was down 6.40% to 10.02 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 349 to 138 and 82 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 April delivery was up 0.82% or 23.81 to $2,923.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $66.29 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.36 to trade at $69.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.84% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.43% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 103.33.