Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 0.82% or 0.130 points to trade at 16.075 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.75% or 0.44 points to end at 59.31 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 0.71% or 0.26 points to 36.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 0.80% or 0.49 points to trade at 60.68 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 0.61% or 0.21 points to end at 34.32 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 0.27% or 0.019 points to 7.067.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which rose 1.98% to 129.00, Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was up 1.69% to settle at 17.71 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 1.33% to close at 13.7500.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 2.13% to 76.63 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 0.92% to settle at 5.360 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 0.89% to 45.16 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 349 to 238 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.81% to 16.27.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.15 to $1137.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.58% or 0.84 to hit $53.86 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 0.80 to trade at $56.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8533.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.