Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.64%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 2.95% or 1.27 points to trade at 44.26 at the close. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 2.53% or 0.455 points to end at 18.455 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 2.21% or 2.10 points to 96.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 1.86% or 0.37 points to trade at 19.25 in late trade. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 1.29% or 1.35 points to end at 103.60 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 1.13% or 0.99 points to 86.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which rose 8.24% to 27.85, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was up 5.78% to settle at 26.360 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which gained 4.67% to close at 156.80.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.19% to 113.30 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 3.34% to settle at 10.43 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 1.86% to 19.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 314 to 270 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.20% to 17.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.63% or 22.10 to $1334.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.94% or 0.58 to hit $62.13 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $65.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2354, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 89.50.