Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 3.96% or 3.94 points to trade at 103.34 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.00% or 0.79 points to end at 27.13 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 2.91% or 3.45 points to 121.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 0.93% or 0.50 points to trade at 53.41 in late trade. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 0.87% or 0.18 points to end at 21.11 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) shed 0.87% or 0.13 points to 14.77.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 5.87% to 81.200, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 4.03% to settle at 13.15 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which gained 3.96% to close at 103.34.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.03% to 1.057 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 1.74% to settle at 7.214 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 1.70% to 115.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 318 to 257 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.03% to 11.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1256.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $73.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.73 to trade at $78.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.