France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.27%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.24%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA: SCHN ), which rose 2.53% or 1.66 points to trade at 67.26 at the close. Total SA (PA: TOTF ) added 2.12% or 1.10 points to end at 52.98 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) was up 2.02% or 0.50 points to 25.29 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ), which lost 4.88% or 1.81 points to trade at 35.29 in late trade. Renault SA (PA: RENA ) declined 2.46% or 1.77 points to end at 70.18 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ) shed 2.07% or 0.335 points to 15.865.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA: GTT ) which rose 6.78% to 63.00, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA: UBIP ) which was up 4.25% to settle at 92.280 and CGG SA (PA: GEPH ) which gained 2.84% to close at 2.314.

The worst performers were Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) which was down 4.88% to 35.29 in late trade, Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which lost 2.91% to settle at 1.035 and Renault SA (PA: RENA ) which was down 2.46% to 70.18 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 315 to 253 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.59% to 14.63.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1201.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.58% or 1.74 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.47 to trade at $78.84 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1593, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8909.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.18.