Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.62% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.76% or 0.68 points to trade at 18.75 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 2.63% or 1.25 points to end at 48.58 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 2.40% or 1.54 points to 65.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which lost 1.20% or 0.96 points to trade at 79.30 in late trade. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 0.81% or 0.95 points to end at 115.75 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.67% or 0.10 points to 14.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 5.00% to 27.500, Rexel (PA:RXL) which was up 3.85% to settle at 13.62 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.76% to close at 18.75.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 2.86% to 45.510 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 1.56% to settle at 9.88 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) which was down 1.20% to 79.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 334 to 256 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.36% to 11.87 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 4.25 to $1331.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.21% or 0.10 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.35 to trade at $54.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1963, while EUR/GBP fell 0.75% to 0.9013.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 91.90.