Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.91% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH), which rose 2.80% or 4.65 points to trade at 170.75 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 2.48% or 4.95 points to end at 204.35 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 2.11% or 0.82 points to 39.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PA:TECF), which lost 1.54% or 0.97 points to trade at 62.03 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 0.58% or 0.041 points to end at 7.052 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 0.40% or 0.065 points to 16.320.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 4.47% to 11.9100, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) which was up 2.80% to settle at 170.75 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which gained 2.48% to close at 204.35.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 2.53% to 23.865 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 1.61% to settle at 4.815 and Technip (PA:TECF) which was down 1.54% to 62.03 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 377 to 292 and 123 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.46% to 20.52.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.80 to $1186.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.82% or 1.80 to hit $45.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.58% or 1.76 to trade at $47.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.0626, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 101.16.