Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Oil & Gas Producers and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA), which rose 1.82% or 0.058 points to trade at 3.252 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) added 1.73% or 0.355 points to end at 20.925 and Accor SA (PARIS:ACCP) was up 1.49% or 0.67 points to 45.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PARIS:TECF), which lost 2.01% or 0.97 points to trade at 47.48 in late trade. Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) declined 2.01% or 2.35 points to end at 114.75 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) shed 1.65% or 0.73 points to 43.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific (PARIS:EUFI) which rose 2.13% to 311.20, Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA) which was up 1.82% to settle at 3.252 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) which gained 1.73% to close at 20.925.
The worst performers were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 4.18% to 3.75 in late trade, Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which lost 2.50% to settle at 4.88 and Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) which was down 2.01% to 114.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 416 to 372 and 71 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.60% to 21.47.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.24% or 2.70 to $1115.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.73% or 0.31 to hit $42.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.14 to trade at $48.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1029, while EUR/GBP fell 0.89% to 0.7044.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 97.02.