Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and General Financial sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.89%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which rose 3.30% or 3.35 points to trade at 105.00 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) added 2.52% or 3.25 points to end at 132.45 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 2.35% or 1.98 points to 86.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 1.54% or 0.280 points to trade at 17.936 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.68% or 0.25 points to end at 36.62 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.53% or 0.07 points to 13.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which rose 3.65% to 102.10, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was up 3.49% to settle at 362.20 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 3.33% to close at 13.330.
The worst performers were Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which was down 9.52% to 67.50 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 2.07% to settle at 1.040 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 1.54% to 17.936 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 333 to 227 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.28% to 15.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 5.95 to $1323.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.80% or 1.06 to hit $59.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.57 to trade at $67.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1280, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8529.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.210.