Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 0.13% or 0.09 points to trade at 71.05 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 0.07% or 0.01 points to end at 20.55 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.03% or 0.05 points to 163.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 2.26% or 0.092 points to trade at 3.970 in late trade. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 2.21% or 0.90 points to end at 39.55 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 2.19% or 1.73 points to 77.38.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 1.18% to 65.88, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 0.69% to settle at 10.28 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 0.38% to close at 45.50.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 3.50% to 8.383 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 3.03% to settle at 32.49 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 2.90% to 24.315 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 430 to 214 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.96% to 22.36 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.20% or 15.25 to $1288.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.81% or 0.38 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.50 to trade at $48.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1054, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.9035.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.77.