France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.15%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.15%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.17%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ), which rose 1.76% or 0.47 points to trade at 27.16 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ) added 0.94% or 0.20 points to end at 21.57 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA: VIE ) was up 0.76% or 0.145 points to 19.300 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (PA: BOUY ), which lost 1.38% or 0.43 points to trade at 30.82 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS: URW ) declined 1.09% or 1.58 points to end at 143.54 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ) shed 1.03% or 0.150 points to 14.480.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA: GNFT ) which rose 12.36% to 20.540, DBV Technologies (PA: DBV ) which was up 3.67% to settle at 13.570 and Trigano (PA: TRIA ) which gained 3.04% to close at 88.15.

The worst performers were Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which was down 5.17% to 1.680 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA: MDM ) which lost 3.36% to settle at 23.620 and Worldline SA (PA: WLN ) which was down 3.12% to 52.700 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 258 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.09% to 14.60.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.68% or 22.25 to $1344.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.38 to trade at $66.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1348, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.8688.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.308.