France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.81%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.71%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ), which rose 2.90% or 0.790 points to trade at 28.020 at the close. Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) added 1.97% or 9.00 points to end at 466.70 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ) was up 1.85% or 1.00 points to 55.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA: ATOS ), which lost 10.41% or 11.61 points to trade at 99.94 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) declined 0.64% or 0.14 points to end at 21.81 and Legrand SA (PA: LEGD ) shed 0.63% or 0.40 points to 62.84.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA: TKTT ) which rose 4.10% to 24.36, Nexans (PA: NEXS ) which was up 4.01% to settle at 29.28 and Faurecia (PA: EPED ) which gained 3.47% to close at 56.10.

The worst performers were Atos SE (PA: ATOS ) which was down 10.41% to 99.94 in late trade, GTT (PA: GTT ) which lost 1.66% to settle at 59.15 and Dassault Systemes (PA: DAST ) which was down 1.56% to 126.60 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 339 to 220 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.99% to 12.77.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.40 to $1220.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.69 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1593, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8951.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.99.