Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.46%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.77% or 0.270 points to trade at 15.555 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 1.44% or 1.20 points to end at 84.39 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 1.16% or 0.44 points to 38.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which lost 2.08% or 0.160 points to trade at 7.520 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.49% or 0.98 points to end at 64.99 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 1.20% or 0.59 points to 48.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which rose 3.59% to 51.74, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 3.29% to settle at 3.925 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which gained 2.58% to close at 17.12.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 3.64% to 14.570 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.84% to settle at 6.850 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 2.08% to 7.520 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 345 to 246 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.14% to 15.29.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.38% or 16.45 to $1212.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.71% or 0.37 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.98% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 1.76% to 0.8646.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.11% at 100.40.