Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which rose 1.44% or 0.97 points to trade at 68.54 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.13% or 3.45 points to end at 307.90 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.66% or 0.61 points to 92.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.07% or 0.565 points to trade at 17.835 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.89% or 0.46 points to end at 23.93 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) shed 1.32% or 0.59 points to 44.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 2.96% to 57.320, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which was up 1.85% to settle at 72.49 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 1.46% to close at 60.500.
The worst performers were Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was down 6.03% to 9.665 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 5.83% to settle at 5.213 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 3.07% to 17.835 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 338 to 278 and 80 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.25% to 13.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.06 to $1245.64 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.61% or 1.16 to hit $43.27 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.30% or 1.08 to trade at $45.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1126, while EUR/GBP rose 0.72% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.46.