Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.80% or 1.02 points to trade at 27.83 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 1.70% or 0.275 points to end at 16.440 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.61% or 0.440 points to 27.715 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which lost 4.06% or 0.99 points to trade at 23.38 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 3.60% or 1.44 points to end at 38.56 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 1.98% or 1.50 points to 74.07.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.99% to 5.270, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.80% to settle at 27.83 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 3.61% to close at 17.79.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 5.92% to 21.600 in late trade, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which lost 4.18% to settle at 16.730 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was down 4.06% to 23.38 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 327 to 243 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.69% to 12.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 1.90 to $1206.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $72.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.64 to trade at $81.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1772, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8942.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.69.