Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.70% or 0.63 points to trade at 17.68 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 3.53% or 1.68 points to end at 49.28 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 2.81% or 1.55 points to 56.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which lost 1.67% or 1.80 points to trade at 105.95 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.27% or 0.95 points to end at 73.89 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) shed 1.14% or 2.45 points to 213.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which rose 4.11% to 17.75, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was up 3.92% to settle at 26.660 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.70% to close at 17.68.
The worst performers were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) which was down 1.67% to 105.95 in late trade, Fonciere des Regions (PA:FDR) which lost 1.29% to settle at 77.34 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 1.27% to 73.89 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 326 to 284 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.02% to 15.94.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.75 to $1212.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.35% or 0.71 to hit $53.46 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.46 to trade at $55.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0758, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8586.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 100.03.