Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.17% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 3.94% or 8.45 points to trade at 223.15 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.21% or 3.10 points to end at 259.15 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 1.01% or 2.30 points to 229.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 1.45% or 0.20 points to trade at 13.23 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.34% or 0.40 points to end at 29.35 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 1.25% or 1.45 points to 115.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which rose 4.61% to 14.755, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) which was up 3.94% to settle at 223.15 and Havas (PA:HAVA) which gained 3.87% to close at 8.694.
The worst performers were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) which was down 4.51% to 440.75 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 3.93% to settle at 59.90 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 1.73% to 47.87 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 394 to 215 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.83% to 16.33.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.95% or 12.18 to $1265.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.47% or 0.23 to hit $49.00 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.18 to trade at $51.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.0945, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.63.