France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.24%

Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil&Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Healthcare Equipment&Services and Aerospace&Defense sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.96%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP), which rose 5.29% or 9.55 points to trade at 190.00 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) added 1.79% or 0.61 points to end at 34.64 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) was up 1.70% or 1.28 points to 76.52 in late trade.

Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which lost 3.47% or 0.91 points to trade at 25.20 in late trade. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) declined 3.10% or 1.23 points to end at 38.50 and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) shed 3.02% or 0.43 points to 13.68.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR) which rose 6.31% to 19.88, Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was up 6.04% to settle at 10.71 and Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) which gained 5.29% to close at 190.00.

The worst performers were Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which was down 6.61% to 6.92 in late trade, Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR) which lost 6.42% to settle at 40.80 and Opmobility SE (EPA:OPM) which was down 5.18% to 8.06 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 280 to 201 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

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.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 8.10 to $2,540.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.34% or 2.98 to hit $65.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.79% or 2.72 to trade at $69.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 101.63.