Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.30%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 1.67% or 0.79 points to trade at 47.75 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 1.40% or 0.42 points to end at 30.68 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.16% or 0.71 points to 62.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 1.45% or 1.18 points to trade at 80.10 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.33% or 0.61 points to end at 45.70 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 0.97% or 0.18 points to 18.47.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 2.16% to 11.335, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was up 1.82% to settle at 94.08 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) which gained 1.67% to close at 47.75.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 4.46% to 4.068 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 3.88% to settle at 31.690 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 1.54% to 48.44 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 322 to 279 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.81% to 18.49 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.35% or 4.35 to $1258.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.65% or 0.83 to hit $51.07 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.03 to trade at $54.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.0667, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 100.46.