Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.56% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 2.28% or 1.51 points to trade at 67.64 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.14% or 0.152 points to end at 7.262 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 2.13% or 0.335 points to 16.075 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 1.52% or 0.56 points to trade at 36.32 in late trade. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.14% or 0.69 points to end at 59.71 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) shed 0.85% or 0.90 points to 105.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 5.64% to 6.261, Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was up 4.63% to settle at 14.000 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.84% to close at 14.4800.
The worst performers were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 1.52% to 36.32 in late trade, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which lost 1.50% to settle at 8.919 and Dassault Aviation (PA:AVMD) which was down 1.32% to 1060.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 314 to 249 and 114 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.51% to 14.79.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.96% or 10.95 to $1131.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.47% or 0.25 to hit $53.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.42 to trade at $55.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0389, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8414.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 103.30.