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 Gas & Water , General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.70%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA: SAF ), which rose 2.52% or 2.80 points to trade at 113.75 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA: OREP ) added 2.34% or 4.70 points to end at 205.90 and Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) was up 2.22% or 0.48 points to 22.14 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ), which lost 2.83% or 0.77 points to trade at 26.42 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ) declined 1.67% or 0.235 points to end at 13.835 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA: SGOB ) shed 0.89% or 0.28 points to 30.61.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA: STDM ) which rose 15.20% to 102.30, SEB SA (PA: SEBF ) which was up 3.38% to settle at 137.50 and Neopost (PA: NPOS ) which gained 3.15% to close at 22.30.

The worst performers were SCOR SE (PA: SCOR ) which was down 11.41% to 36.48 in late trade, Faurecia (PA: EPED ) which lost 3.47% to settle at 37.56 and Iliad (PA: ILD ) which was down 2.94% to 98.86 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 304 to 261 and 107 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.33% to 15.57.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.85 to $1307.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.69% or 1.40 to hit $53.39 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.62% or 1.57 to trade at $61.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1422, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8699.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.512.