Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 1.96% or 1.43 points to trade at 74.52 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 1.87% or 5.65 points to end at 308.25 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.81% or 0.71 points to 39.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which lost 1.34% or 0.50 points to trade at 36.93 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 1.12% or 0.62 points to end at 54.80 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 0.95% or 0.35 points to 36.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 6.48% to 82.95, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 4.17% to settle at 54.90 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) which gained 1.96% to close at 74.52.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 3.20% to 65.44 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 2.05% to settle at 8.850 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 1.88% to 1.043 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 283 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.40% to 12.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 1.90 to $1214.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $68.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.24 to trade at $76.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1714, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.9093.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.49.