Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Healthcare and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran (PARIS:SAF), which rose 2.04% or 1.30 points to trade at 64.90 at the close. Sanofi (PARIS:SASY) added 1.68% or 1.60 points to end at 96.62 and Essilor International (PARIS:ESSI) was up 1.67% or 1.90 points to 115.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which lost 2.06% or 0.38 points to trade at 18.04 in late trade. Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) declined 1.62% or 2.15 points to end at 130.30 and Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) shed 1.03% or 0.95 points to 90.96.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which rose 5.14% to 82.800, Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which was up 2.57% to settle at 6.57 and Safran (PARIS:SAF) which gained 2.04% to close at 64.90.
The worst performers were Television Francaise 1 SA (PARIS:TFFP) which was down 2.77% to 16.000 in late trade, JC Decaux SA (PARIS:JCDX) which lost 2.62% to settle at 38.14 and Faurecia (PARIS:EPED) which was down 2.56% to 36.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 499 to 277 and 71 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.20% to 20.50 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.20 to $1154.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.30% or 0.68 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.45 to trade at $58.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1005, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.7062.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.86.