Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 2.80% or 0.77 points to trade at 28.24 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.73% or 0.375 points to end at 14.105 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.85% or 0.85 points to 46.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.95% or 1.72 points to trade at 86.30 in late trade. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 1.14% or 1.25 points to end at 108.60 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) shed 0.78% or 0.13 points to 16.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 3.44% to 13.22, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 3.37% to settle at 41.43 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which gained 2.87% to close at 25.47.
The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 1.95% to 86.30 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 1.79% to settle at 1.809 and Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which was down 1.67% to 21.22 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 342 to 231 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.08% to 14.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.45 to $1293.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.20% or 0.74 to hit $62.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.24 to trade at $69.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1189, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.062.