Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.78% or 0.51 points to trade at 13.88 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.70% or 0.11 points to end at 4.18 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 2.46% or 3.35 points to 139.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 7.22% or 0.363 points to trade at 4.666 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.96% or 1.41 points to end at 70.40 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 1.03% or 0.17 points to 16.77.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Saft (PA:S1A) which rose 40.57% to 37.11, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 3.93% to settle at 19.84 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.78% to close at 13.88.
The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 7.22% to 4.666 in late trade, Natixis (PA:CNAT) which lost 6.91% to settle at 4.083 and Suez Environnement (PA:SEVI) which was down 5.26% to 15.300 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 382 to 258 and 114 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.89% to 22.43.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.25 to $1262.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.37% or 1.03 to hit $44.47 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.78% or 1.65 to trade at $45.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7880.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.18.