Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.76% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 3.00% or 5.70 points to trade at 195.80 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.99% or 2.70 points to end at 93.08 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.27% or 0.46 points to 20.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 1.42% or 0.30 points to trade at 20.90 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 0.30% or 1.30 points to end at 436.20 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 0.25% or 0.35 points to 140.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 4.66% to 1.280, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.56% to settle at 148.90 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 3.39% to close at 11.89.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 1.73% to 70.24 in late trade, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which lost 1.42% to settle at 20.90 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 0.90% to 18.68 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 341 to 206 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.73% to 11.61 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.70 to $1348.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $66.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $71.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2348, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.