Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.19% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 2.45% or 2.29 points to trade at 95.78 at the close. Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 2.33% or 0.115 points to end at 5.050 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 1.87% or 0.33 points to 17.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 0.42% or 0.085 points to trade at 19.970 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.31% or 0.11 points to end at 35.50 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) gained 0.10% or 0.01 points to 14.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which rose 9.41% to 22.900, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.08% to settle at 3.513 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which gained 2.58% to close at 40.93.
The worst performers were Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 0.47% to 42.99 in late trade, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which lost 0.46% to settle at 19.48 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 0.44% to 16.985 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 470 to 180 and 110 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.39% to 17.32 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.75 to $1346.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.58% or 0.25 to hit $42.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.36 to trade at $45.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1108, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 96.11.