Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 2.69% to hit a new 3-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 2.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which rose 1.03% or 0.26 points to trade at 25.53 at the close. Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) fell 0.12% or 0.20 points to end at 164.35 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA) was down 0.15% or 0.06 points to 40.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which lost 5.76% or 12.90 points to trade at 211.00 in late trade. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) declined 4.79% or 4.56 points to end at 90.64 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 4.63% or 1.10 points to 22.66.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 8,526.91% to 0.42, Coface (EPA:COFA) which was up 2.96% to settle at 14.59 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which gained 1.25% to close at 185.60.
The worst performers were Ayvens SA (EPA:AYV) which was down 10.87% to 6.52 in late trade, Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which lost 8.35% to settle at 3.56 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was down 8.26% to 0.99 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 379 to 119 and 90 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 down 0.61% or 15.85 to $2,601.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.37 to hit $68.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.35 to trade at $72.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.57% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 106.07.