Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.77% or 0.272 points to trade at 7.495 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 2.74% or 2.35 points to end at 88.07 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.31% or 0.87 points to 67.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 3.13% or 0.490 points to trade at 15.190 in late trade. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 1.34% or 0.33 points to end at 24.29 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) shed 1.28% or 0.86 points to 66.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which rose 5.72% to 51.20, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 4.63% to settle at 39.67 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 3.77% to close at 7.495.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.29% to 5.021 in late trade, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which lost 3.13% to settle at 15.190 and Arkema (PA:AKE) which was down 2.40% to 90.04 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 319 to 268 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.17% to 15.11.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.16% or 1.85 to $1183.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.04% or 0.54 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.66 to trade at $54.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.0556, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8685.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 102.05.