Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.76%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 2.67% or 0.52 points to trade at 20.03 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 1.94% or 1.58 points to end at 83.00 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.78% or 0.325 points to 18.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 0.63% or 0.155 points to trade at 24.485 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 0.48% or 0.10 points to end at 20.52 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 0.47% or 0.65 points to 138.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which rose 4.24% to 29.77, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 2.85% to settle at 8.84 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 2.69% to close at 15.85.
The worst performers were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was down 19.52% to 120.80 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 3.06% to settle at 12.03 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.75% to 30.790 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 321 to 247 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.73% to 15.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.06% or 13.20 to $1254.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $77.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1645, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.44.