Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Leisure Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.98%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi (PARIS:VIV), which rose 0.11% or 0.03 points to trade at 23.12 at the close. Safran (PARIS:SAF) added 0.06% or 0.04 points to end at 65.00 and Schneider Electric (PARIS:SCHN) was up 0.01% or 0.01 points to 72.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo (PARIS:VLOF), which lost 2.86% or 4.10 points to trade at 139.05 in late trade. Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) declined 2.24% or 1.75 points to end at 76.37 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) shed 2.01% or 5.15 points to 251.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 4.87% to 34.375, Hermes International SCA (PARIS:HRMS) which was up 4.30% to settle at 328.40 and Air France KLM SA (PARIS:AIRF) which gained 3.59% to close at 8.184.
The worst performers were Orpea (PARIS:ORP) which was down 3.62% to 58.65 in late trade, Iliad (PARIS:ILD) which lost 3.23% to settle at 217.30 and Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) which was down 2.86% to 139.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 574 to 347 and 41 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.57% to 19.36 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1187.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.64% or 0.80 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.84 to trade at $55.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.94% to 1.0731, while EUR/GBP fell 1.18% to 0.7230.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 98.75.