Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 4.28% or 2.32 points to trade at 56.57 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 4.05% or 0.540 points to end at 13.858 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 3.66% or 0.87 points to 24.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which lost 2.92% or 3.90 points to trade at 129.60 in late trade. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 2.40% or 0.34 points to end at 13.81 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 1.70% or 2.70 points to 156.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 13.45% to 1.468, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 6.64% to settle at 35.32 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 5.15% to close at 8.675.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 3.27% to 71.080 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 2.95% to settle at 32.86 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which was down 2.92% to 129.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 347 to 212 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.64% to 15.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1328.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $53.51 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.55 to trade at $61.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1245, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8863.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.123.