Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.84% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 4.92% or 12.90 points to trade at 275.15 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 4.03% or 0.94 points to end at 24.24 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 3.20% or 13.30 points to 429.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 0.99% or 0.17 points to trade at 16.45 in late trade. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 0.90% or 0.59 points to end at 64.99 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 0.87% or 0.38 points to 43.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 7.10% to 72.70, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 6.84% to settle at 123.40 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) which gained 4.92% to close at 275.15.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.35% to 8.740 in late trade, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which lost 1.67% to settle at 28.24 and Orpea (PA:ORP) which was down 1.62% to 103.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 312 to 241 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.65% to 15.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.23% or 3.10 to $1343.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.85% or 1.81 to hit $65.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.90% or 1.99 to trade at $70.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.39.