France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.50%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.50%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.50%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ), which rose 6.49% or 0.920 points to trade at 15.090 at the close. Atos SE (PA: ATOS ) added 3.66% or 2.48 points to end at 70.26 and Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) was up 3.56% or 17.50 points to 508.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA: VIE ), which lost 4.03% or 0.840 points to trade at 19.980 in late trade. Renault SA (PA: RENA ) declined 2.32% or 1.26 points to end at 53.11 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA: ESLX ) shed 1.22% or 1.35 points to 109.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ) which rose 6.49% to 15.090, Imerys SA (PA: IMTP ) which was up 6.46% to settle at 41.20 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA: MDM ) which gained 6.00% to close at 18.550.

The worst performers were Lagardere SCA (PA: LAGA ) which was down 5.94% to 22.16 in late trade, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA: VIE ) which lost 4.03% to settle at 19.980 and Trigano SA (PA: TRIA ) which was down 2.90% to 75.35 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 377 to 175 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.10% to 16.77.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.41% or 5.35 to $1296.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.43% or 0.87 to hit $61.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 1.21 to trade at $71.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1211, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8679.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.310.