France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.15%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.15%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.25%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Capgemini SE (PA: CAPP ), which rose 3.77% or 3.18 points to trade at 87.48 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA: AIR ) added 3.70% or 3.09 points to end at 86.65 and Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) was up 3.56% or 14.10 points to 410.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Orange SA (PA: ORAN ), which lost 2.96% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.78 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA: BOUY ) declined 1.94% or 0.60 points to end at 30.30 and Total SA (PA: TOTF ) shed 0.21% or 0.10 points to 47.20.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA: MDM ) which rose 8.98% to 19.050, Altran Technologies (PA: ALTT ) which was up 6.91% to settle at 7.275 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA: UBIP ) which gained 6.53% to close at 75.320.

The worst performers were Orange SA (PA: ORAN ) which was down 2.96% to 13.78 in late trade, Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which lost 2.79% to settle at 0.925 and Iliad (PA: ILD ) which was down 2.38% to 118.95 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 420 to 165 and 81 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.53% to 18.95.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1286.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.51% or 1.22 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.29 to trade at $58.62 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1450, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.9004.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.447.