Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.54%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.60% or 0.64 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 2.25% or 0.80 points to end at 36.38 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.76% or 1.76 points to 101.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 0.89% or 0.82 points to trade at 91.58 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 0.62% or 1.15 points to end at 185.45 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) shed 0.44% or 0.50 points to 112.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 6.03% to 35.880, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.35% to settle at 79.15 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 4.10% to close at 2.436.
The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 2.39% to 122.30 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 1.26% to settle at 51.100 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was down 1.22% to 145.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 358 to 194 and 115 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.00% to 13.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.10 to $1196.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.05% or 0.69 to hit $66.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.46 to trade at $72.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.1538, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 95.37.