Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 3.74% or 0.80 points to trade at 22.20 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 3.44% or 3.90 points to end at 117.25 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 1.84% or 0.69 points to 38.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.91% or 0.83 points to trade at 27.67 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 2.46% or 1.06 points to end at 42.00 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) shed 1.94% or 1.24 points to 62.84.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rexel (PA:RXL) which rose 8.87% to 13.38, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.36% to settle at 84.90 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which gained 3.74% to close at 22.20.
The worst performers were Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 7.70% to 135.50 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 6.77% to settle at 26.160 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 4.02% to 56.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 285 to 268 and 116 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.80% to 12.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.44% or 5.40 to $1226.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.50% or 1.05 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.65 to trade at $74.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1707, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8916.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.25.