Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.18% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 3.59% or 3.04 points to trade at 87.75 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.89% or 1.68 points to end at 90.43 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.75% or 0.96 points to 55.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 2.67% or 1.84 points to trade at 67.04 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.03% or 0.510 points to end at 24.615 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.54% or 0.235 points to 14.980.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which rose 5.03% to 56.20, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was up 3.59% to settle at 87.75 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 3.05% to close at 3.042.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was down 4.07% to 537.00 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 3.63% to settle at 12.210 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 2.67% to 67.04 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 312 to 282 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.21% to 11.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 6.28 to $1271.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.44% or 0.24 to hit $54.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.35 to trade at $60.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1652, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.45.