Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.15%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which rose 3.77% or 3.18 points to trade at 87.48 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 3.70% or 3.09 points to end at 86.65 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 3.56% or 14.10 points to 410.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which lost 2.96% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.78 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 1.94% or 0.60 points to end at 30.30 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) shed 0.21% or 0.10 points to 47.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 8.98% to 19.050, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 6.91% to settle at 7.275 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 6.53% to close at 75.320.
The worst performers were Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was down 2.96% to 13.78 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 2.79% to settle at 0.925 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 2.38% to 118.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 420 to 165 and 81 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.53% to 18.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1286.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.51% or 1.22 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.29 to trade at $58.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1450, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.9004.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.447.