France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.38%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods , Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.38%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.24%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA: CARR ), which rose 3.13% or 0.47 points to trade at 15.50 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA: PERP ) added 1.83% or 2.60 points to end at 144.50 and Sodexo (PA: EXHO ) was up 1.39% or 1.14 points to 83.38 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA: MICP ), which lost 2.86% or 3.30 points to trade at 112.15 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) declined 1.29% or 0.70 points to end at 53.38 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS: URW ) shed 1.05% or 2.00 points to 187.60.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA: EUCAR ) which rose 3.71% to 9.37, Elis Services SA (PA: ELIS ) which was up 3.59% to settle at 19.60 and Aeroports De Paris SA (PA: ADP ) which gained 3.46% to close at 185.40.

The worst performers were Eramet (PA: ERMT ) which was down 3.05% to 124.10 in late trade, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA: MICP ) which lost 2.86% to settle at 112.15 and Faurecia (PA: EPED ) which was down 2.08% to 70.66 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 271 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.14% to 12.12.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.40 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.32 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $76.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1780, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8780.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.57.