Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.32% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 6.69% or 4.16 points to trade at 66.38 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 5.02% or 8.05 points to end at 168.50 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 4.76% or 0.24 points to 5.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 0.70% or 0.13 points to trade at 18.52 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 0.54% or 0.24 points to end at 45.48 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 0.30% or 0.065 points to 21.490.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which rose 8.97% to 75.11, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 7.68% to settle at 36.18 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which gained 6.69% to close at 66.38.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 3.66% to 13.160 in late trade, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which lost 2.26% to settle at 17.50 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was down 1.82% to 23.21 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 439 to 216 and 115 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.71% to 19.52.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.72% or 21.20 to $1256.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.55% or 1.05 to hit $42.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 0.86 to trade at $43.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7904.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 93.99.