Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Personal Goods, Gas & Water and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 2.12% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 2.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which rose 2.30% or 1.44 points to trade at 64.04 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 0.25% or 0.02 points to end at 9.68 and Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) was down 0.21% or 0.14 points to 65.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN), which lost 4.66% or 0.69 points to trade at 14.21 in late trade. Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) declined 3.55% or 0.670 points to end at 18.180 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) shed 3.49% or 8.70 points to 240.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PARIS:GTT) which rose 2.69% to 54.90, Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was up 2.30% to settle at 64.04 and Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which gained 1.94% to close at 66.260.
The worst performers were Suez Environnement (PARIS:SEVI) which was down 5.04% to 17.885 in late trade, SEB SA (PARIS:SEBF) which lost 4.71% to settle at 82.16 and Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) which was down 4.66% to 14.21 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 652 to 259 and 49 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.47% to 23.88 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.67% or 7.90 to $1194.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.28% or 1.93 to hit $60.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.48% or 1.65 to trade at $68.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1187, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7366.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 95.22.