Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.49% or 0.596 points to trade at 24.556 at the close. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 1.92% or 0.395 points to end at 20.970 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.75% or 0.40 points to 22.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which lost 1.23% or 0.53 points to trade at 42.56 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.15% or 1.40 points to end at 120.45 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) shed 0.56% or 0.40 points to 70.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 4.44% to 82.510, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.78% to settle at 4.420 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 3.13% to close at 32.95.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 2.15% to 18.63 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 1.46% to settle at 195.70 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was down 1.23% to 42.56 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 372 to 237 and 75 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.95% to 11.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.59% or 7.58 to $1282.88 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.24 to trade at $62.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8874.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.88.