Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.81% or 0.98 points to trade at 26.69 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 2.02% or 0.345 points to end at 17.390 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 1.92% or 1.66 points to 88.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which lost 2.20% or 0.78 points to trade at 34.42 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.95% or 0.30 points to end at 15.33 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) shed 1.80% or 2.05 points to 111.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 5.19% to 8.830, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.81% to settle at 26.69 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which gained 3.63% to close at 25.99.
The worst performers were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was down 5.55% to 131.00 in late trade, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which lost 4.74% to settle at 62.30 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 4.43% to 59.875 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 335 to 239 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.49% to 15.91.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 2.80 to $1191.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.69% or 0.51 to hit $74.80 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.81 to trade at $84.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1485, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.43.