Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.45% or 0.615 points to trade at 25.730 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.78% or 1.90 points to end at 108.90 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.45% or 7.10 points to 497.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which lost 2.54% or 0.37 points to trade at 14.20 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 2.29% or 1.38 points to end at 58.76 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 1.51% or 0.57 points to 37.07.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 3.61% to 111.90, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 3.16% to settle at 34.97 and Arkema (PA:AKE) which gained 2.65% to close at 104.55.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 8.19% to 47.74 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.33% to settle at 16.43 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.03% to 134.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 260 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.40% to 12.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.97% or 12.00 to $1227.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $67.04 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.33 to trade at $72.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 94.73.