Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 1.03% or 0.17 points to trade at 16.73 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 0.63% or 0.23 points to end at 37.48 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.61% or 0.65 points to 106.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 1.54% or 0.250 points to trade at 16.020 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 1.21% or 0.86 points to end at 70.19 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) shed 1.15% or 2.50 points to 214.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 6.78% to 11.030, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 5.62% to settle at 5.414 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which gained 1.19% to close at 28.91.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 7.12% to 6.9100 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 5.59% to settle at 49.29 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 3.58% to 9.27 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 331 to 270 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.85% to 15.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.58% or 7.15 to $1218.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.24% or 0.13 to hit $53.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.70.