Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, General Financial and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.18%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which rose 2.95% or 1.79 points to trade at 62.54 at the close. Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) added 2.49% or 0.47 points to end at 19.12 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was up 2.23% or 1.35 points to 61.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alstom (PARIS:ALSO), which lost 0.74% or 0.20 points to trade at 26.74 in late trade. Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY) declined 0.13% or 0.05 points to end at 38.02 and Accor (PARIS:ACCP) shed 0.03% or 0.01 points to 48.31.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 9.85% to 37.085, Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which was up 4.33% to settle at 63.880 and Mercialys (PARIS:MERY) which gained 4.31% to close at 20.82.
The worst performers were Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which was down 1.94% to 72.63 in late trade, Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which lost 1.73% to settle at 19.88 and Rexel (PARIS:RXL) which was down 0.97% to 15.38 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 640 to 264 and 60 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.46% to 22.45.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.58% or 6.90 to $1177.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.31% or 0.79 to hit $61.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 1.14 to trade at $64.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.46% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.7108.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.11% at 95.57.