Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Real Estate and Personal Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.09%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which rose 5.12% or 4.70 points to trade at 96.51 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) added 3.77% or 9.00 points to end at 247.90 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 3.66% or 0.83 points to 23.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PARIS:TECF), which lost 2.06% or 1.28 points to trade at 60.95 in late trade. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 0.44% or 0.04 points to end at 10.08 and EDF (PARIS:EDF) gained 0.71% or 0.16 points to 22.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 8.33% to 40.000, Plastic Omnium (PARIS:PLOF) which was up 6.16% to settle at 26.64 and Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) which gained 5.12% to close at 96.51.
The worst performers were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 4.31% to 6.46 in late trade, Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which lost 3.75% to settle at 0.770 and Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which was down 3.24% to 7.47 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 577 to 328 and 49 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.54% to 19.41 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.63% or 20.00 to $1207.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.07% or 1.85 to hit $58.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.89% or 1.92 to trade at $64.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.54% to 1.1140, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7186.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.25% at 95.41.