Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.75% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 7.14% or 8.90 points to trade at 133.50 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) added 2.48% or 2.40 points to end at 99.10 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.37% or 0.57 points to 24.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which lost 4.06% or 9.10 points to trade at 215.00 in late trade. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.47% or 0.70 points to end at 47.19 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) shed 1.33% or 0.56 points to 42.03.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 34.57% to 45.60, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was up 9.13% to settle at 5.020 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which gained 7.14% to close at 133.50.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 6.47% to 38.215 in late trade, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which lost 4.06% to settle at 215.00 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.64% to 12.720 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 322 to 263 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.24% to 10.15.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1243.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.31% or 0.76 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 1.02 to trade at $63.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1734, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.10.