Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY), which rose 3.29% or 2.92 points to trade at 91.74 at the close. Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) added 1.50% or 34.00 points to end at 2,303.00 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP) was up 0.95% or 3.25 points to 344.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV), which lost 3.87% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.51 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.96% or 0.70 points to end at 22.91 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) shed 2.22% or 1.82 points to 80.08.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) which rose 3.29% to 91.74, Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) which was up 2.39% to settle at 16.74 and BIC (EPA:BICP) which gained 1.94% to close at 63.10.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was unchanged 11.11% to 0.00 in late trade, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which lost 9.64% to settle at 1.79 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which was down 6.09% to 4.79 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 285 to 207 and 87 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 February delivery was down 0.55% or 14.70 to $2,655.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.15% or 1.52 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.09 to trade at $72.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 106.50.