Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.10% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.64% or 0.45 points to trade at 27.87 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 1.56% or 1.85 points to end at 120.15 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.33% or 0.68 points to 51.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.76% or 1.95 points to trade at 108.70 in late trade. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) declined 1.69% or 1.38 points to end at 80.10 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 1.22% or 0.55 points to 44.03.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 4.60% to 145.60, Mercialys (PA:MERY) which was up 2.10% to settle at 16.08 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 1.64% to close at 27.87.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was down 6.44% to 407.00 in late trade, Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which lost 6.14% to settle at 4.190 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.80% to 163.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 331 to 233 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.18% to 12.08.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.74% or 9.80 to $1333.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $74.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2231, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.58.