Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.04%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 14.88% or 3.04 points to trade at 23.47 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 5.36% or 1.355 points to end at 26.655 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 3.94% or 0.780 points to 20.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 1.99% or 0.385 points to trade at 18.920 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.70% or 0.92 points to end at 53.04 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.70% or 0.10 points to 13.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which rose 14.88% to 23.47, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was up 10.24% to settle at 31.53 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 5.36% to close at 26.655.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 6.38% to 29.960 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which lost 2.77% to settle at 72.22 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 1.99% to 18.920 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 315 to 234 and 124 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.80% to 12.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1225.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.47% or 1.00 to hit $68.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.77 to trade at $73.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1681, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.41.