Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.95%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which rose 5.75% or 3.78 points to trade at 69.48 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR) added 4.08% or 0.430 points to end at 10.980 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 3.93% or 0.53 points to 14.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF), which lost 0.97% or 0.57 points to trade at 58.20 in late trade. Cap Gemini SA (PARIS:CAPP) declined 0.63% or 0.51 points to end at 80.41 and Sanofi SA (PARIS:SASY) shed 0.37% or 0.32 points to 87.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 13.75% to 0.273, Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which was up 8.42% to settle at 19.900 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which gained 7.69% to close at 3.54.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PARIS:DBV) which was down 5.52% to 64.500 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PARIS:KORI) which lost 2.80% to settle at 33.265 and Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which was down 2.16% to 74.210 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 468 to 245 and 49 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.06% to 25.21 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.89% or 10.10 to $1147.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.09% or 1.89 to hit $48.15 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 4.76% or 2.35 to trade at $51.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.1271, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.7400.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.69% at 95.56.