Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 2.10% or 0.29 points to trade at 14.10 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 1.56% or 1.04 points to end at 67.46 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.31% or 0.250 points to 19.365 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 1.58% or 0.35 points to trade at 22.14 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 0.55% or 0.28 points to end at 50.66 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 0.34% or 0.075 points to 21.895.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 3.96% to 12.850, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was up 2.61% to settle at 44.44 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which gained 2.10% to close at 14.10.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 1.69% to 101.65 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 1.58% to settle at 22.14 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.40% to 4.499 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 337 to 213 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.46% to 13.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.23 to $1279.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.25% or 0.12 to hit $47.47 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.13 to trade at $50.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.9123.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.72.