Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 2.92% or 1.47 points to trade at 51.84 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.74% or 0.33 points to end at 19.02 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 1.46% or 1.75 points to 121.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which lost 1.96% or 0.99 points to trade at 49.58 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.68% or 1.12 points to end at 65.56 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.01% or 0.145 points to 14.240.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 3.80% to 38.50, Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which was up 2.92% to settle at 51.84 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which gained 2.64% to close at 51.65.
The worst performers were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was down 1.96% to 49.58 in late trade, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which lost 1.84% to settle at 26.125 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 1.68% to 65.56 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 387 to 235 and 80 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.90% to 14.28 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.74% or 9.09 to $1218.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.10% or 0.51 to hit $45.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.53 to trade at $48.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.0875, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 99.48.