Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Industrial Engineering and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.16%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE), which rose 3.22% or 0.645 points to trade at 20.680 at the close. Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) added 1.95% or 0.35 points to end at 18.33 and ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) was up 1.90% or 0.15 points to 8.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR), which lost 10.17% or 1.465 points to trade at 12.940 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PARIS:AIR) declined 1.28% or 0.84 points to end at 64.89 and Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) shed 0.79% or 0.35 points to 44.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) which rose 3.22% to 20.680, Elior (PARIS:ELIOR) which was up 3.16% to settle at 18.62 and Coface (PARIS:COFA) which gained 2.64% to close at 9.24.
The worst performers were Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR) which was down 10.17% to 12.940 in late trade, Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which lost 6.88% to settle at 5.42 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 4.59% to 4.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 406 to 405 and 50 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.33% to 17.32.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.10 to $1091.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.90% or 0.86 to hit $46.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.32% or 0.66 to trade at $50.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.00% to 1.0952, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7014.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 97.55.