Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.72%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 2.84% or 0.85 points to trade at 31.00 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 2.28% or 0.40 points to end at 17.95 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 2.07% or 0.164 points to 8.101 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 1.16% or 0.86 points to trade at 73.00 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.01% or 0.70 points to end at 68.86 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 0.48% or 0.50 points to 104.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 7.41% to 27.040, Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which was up 3.66% to settle at 93.11 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which gained 2.84% to close at 31.00.
The worst performers were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which was down 1.29% to 126.20 in late trade, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which lost 1.16% to settle at 73.00 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 1.01% to 68.86 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 428 to 215 and 107 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.21% to 19.23.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.25 to $1343.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.97% or 0.46 to hit $47.87 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.62 to trade at $49.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1309, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.49.