Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.21% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which rose 2.21% or 2.85 points to trade at 131.55 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.87% or 1.40 points to end at 76.43 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 1.34% or 3.00 points to 226.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 2.78% or 0.81 points to trade at 28.32 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 2.06% or 1.76 points to end at 83.80 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.53% or 0.30 points to 19.57.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 14.88% to 17.450, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 3.48% to settle at 1.160 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which gained 2.21% to close at 131.55.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 9.94% to 358.60 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 7.81% to settle at 16.22 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 2.81% to 51.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 333 to 236 and 89 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.17% to 13.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1287.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $56.61 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.25 to trade at $65.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8579.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.757.