Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.48% or 0.82 points to trade at 24.39 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 2.33% or 2.35 points to end at 103.35 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.12% or 0.55 points to 26.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 1.28% or 1.36 points to trade at 104.94 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 0.96% or 0.170 points to end at 17.480 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) shed 0.64% or 0.44 points to 68.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 14.41% to 82.95, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 5.14% to settle at 37.22 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 4.68% to close at 68.20.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 2.97% to 32.000 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 1.90% to settle at 476.00 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 1.88% to 24.040 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 294 to 258 and 112 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.76% to 13.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.15% or 0.79 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.86 to trade at $78.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1673, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 94.17.