Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which rose 1.38% or 0.255 points to trade at 18.765 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 1.38% or 0.60 points to end at 44.03 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.28% or 4.80 points to 378.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.40% or 0.59 points to trade at 24.20 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.83% or 0.480 points to end at 25.720 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 1.50% or 1.13 points to 73.97.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which rose 3.09% to 73.75, ICADE (PA:ICAD) which was up 2.86% to settle at 80.17 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 2.13% to close at 65.18.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 14.07% to 24.00 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.00% to settle at 4.457 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 2.48% to 4.720 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 368 to 218 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.25% to 11.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.92% or 11.80 to $1265.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.64% or 0.37 to hit $57.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.63 to trade at $63.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1814, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.36.