Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 3.38% or 0.410 points to trade at 12.535 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 3.11% or 12.10 points to end at 400.80 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) was up 2.53% or 12.40 points to 501.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.84% or 0.63 points to trade at 21.59 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 1.41% or 0.71 points to end at 49.51 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 0.53% or 0.115 points to 21.635.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which rose 9.89% to 13.55, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.14% to settle at 9.962 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 4.09% to close at 99.74.
The worst performers were Orpea (PA:ORP) which was down 5.04% to 103.60 in late trade, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which lost 3.98% to settle at 88.00 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 3.80% to 22.300 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 301 to 260 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.06% to 17.45.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1202.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.19% or 2.51 to hit $57.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.01% or 2.81 to trade at $67.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.8670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.06.