Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.67% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 4.11% or 0.98 points to trade at 24.80 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 2.19% or 1.22 points to end at 56.98 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) was up 2.02% or 0.390 points to 19.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 2.05% or 2.30 points to trade at 109.75 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 0.84% or 1.80 points to end at 211.60 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) shed 0.64% or 0.12 points to 17.83.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 7.17% to 78.50, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was up 4.11% to settle at 24.80 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which gained 2.98% to close at 35.90.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 3.13% to 33.46 in late trade, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which lost 2.05% to settle at 109.75 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 1.96% to 18.53 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 373 to 228 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.83% to 10.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.64% or 8.50 to $1311.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.68% or 1.04 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.83 to trade at $68.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1921, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 92.32.