Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.35% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 3.75% or 1.76 points to trade at 48.66 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 3.29% or 0.52 points to end at 16.17 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 3.25% or 0.385 points to 12.245 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Klepierre (PA:LOIM), which lost 2.78% or 1.04 points to trade at 36.55 in late trade. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 1.90% or 3.30 points to end at 170.15 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) shed 1.72% or 3.90 points to 222.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euronext (PA:ENX) which rose 6.97% to 41.69, Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which was up 4.99% to settle at 3.538 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 4.31% to close at 14.7500.
The worst performers were Klepierre (PA:LOIM) which was down 2.78% to 36.55 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which lost 2.45% to settle at 10.540 and Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which was down 2.23% to 129.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 368 to 240 and 75 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.36% to 16.83.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.87% or 10.05 to $1161.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.31% or 1.24 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.09% or 1.19 to trade at $55.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.0417, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8499.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.75% at 103.14.