Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the CAC Oil & Gas, CAC Technology and CAC Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.05%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 2.47% or 2.16 points to trade at 89.58 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) added 1.32% or 0.19 points to end at 15.00 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP) was up 1.26% or 0.79 points to 63.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF), which fell 4.80% or 3.00 points to trade at 59.49 in late trade. L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP) declined 3.87% or 15.15 points to end at 376.40 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) down 3.80% or 1.30 points to 32.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which rose 4.42% to 8.74, Mersen (EPA:CBLP) which was up 3.67% to settle at 25.40 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which gained 3.25% to close at 5.55.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which was down 9.64% to 75.90 in late trade, Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR) which lost 4.98% to settle at 41.00 and X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:XFAB) which was down 4.94% to 5.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 280 to 209 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) fell to 3-year lows; falling 9.64% or 8.10 to 75.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 16.60 to $2,682.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 5.15% or 3.80 to hit $70.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.96% or 3.84 to trade at $73.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 102.97.