Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.65%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.26% or 0.710 points to trade at 22.485 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 2.60% or 1.25 points to end at 49.41 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 2.34% or 0.340 points to 14.845 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 1.83% or 0.44 points to trade at 23.60 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.21% or 0.80 points to end at 65.15 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) shed 1.16% or 0.062 points to 5.274.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which rose 3.63% to 80.00, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was up 3.26% to settle at 22.485 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 2.68% to close at 65.24.
The worst performers were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was down 3.72% to 22.14 in late trade, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which lost 2.84% to settle at 9.197 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 2.11% to 41.32 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 350 to 257 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.38% to 13.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.33% or 4.15 to $1250.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.34% or 1.55 to hit $47.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 3.09% or 1.50 to trade at $50.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1654, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.84.