Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.20% to hit a new 6-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 4.32% or 0.94 points to trade at 22.69 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 4.15% or 21.20 points to end at 531.60 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 2.46% or 0.93 points to 38.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 3.52% or 0.585 points to trade at 16.020 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 2.83% or 0.595 points to end at 20.445 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) shed 2.55% or 0.74 points to 28.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which rose 7.10% to 114.60, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 5.75% to settle at 1.766 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 5.13% to close at 16.380.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 8.23% to 14.50 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 5.98% to settle at 10.455 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 3.85% to 20.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 309 to 287 and 77 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.52% to 12.35.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1274.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.04% or 0.68 to hit $66.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.27 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1214, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 97.312.