Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.26% to hit a new 6-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 5.76% or 2.35 points to trade at 43.26 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 4.59% or 2.54 points to end at 57.84 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 3.87% or 0.420 points to 11.275 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PA:TECF), which lost 1.04% or 0.71 points to trade at 67.26 in late trade. Airbus Group (PA:AIR) declined 0.80% or 0.48 points to end at 59.40 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 0.78% or 0.80 points to 102.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 16.05% to 22.630, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was up 5.76% to settle at 43.26 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which gained 4.59% to close at 57.84.
The worst performers were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 1.74% to 48.15 in late trade, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which lost 1.71% to settle at 126.25 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which was down 1.34% to 59.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 422 to 264 and 110 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.19% to 16.61 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.52% or 6.15 to $1170.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.82% or 0.94 to hit $50.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 0.95 to trade at $53.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.