Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 2.80% or 0.570 points to trade at 20.920 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) added 2.45% or 3.60 points to end at 150.80 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 2.12% or 1.46 points to 70.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PA:TECF), which lost 3.05% or 1.47 points to trade at 46.67 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.21% or 0.117 points to end at 9.555 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 0.89% or 0.35 points to 38.83.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable Pr (PA:NUME) which rose 4.64% to 38.100, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was up 3.24% to settle at 16.89 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which gained 2.80% to close at 20.920.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 6.90% to 24.550 in late trade, CGG (PA:GEPH) which lost 4.41% to settle at 0.65 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.17% to 5.29 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 358 to 325 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.42% to 23.35.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.51% or 18.50 to $1240.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.44% or 0.96 to hit $38.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 0.82 to trade at $40.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7839.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 95.42.