France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.18%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.22%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ), which rose 3.70% or 0.63 points to trade at 17.68 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA: LHN ) added 3.53% or 1.68 points to end at 49.28 and Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) was up 2.81% or 1.55 points to 56.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA: ESSI ), which lost 1.67% or 1.80 points to trade at 105.95 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA: SASY ) declined 1.27% or 0.95 points to end at 73.89 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS: UNBP ) shed 1.14% or 2.45 points to 213.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA: ELIS ) which rose 4.11% to 17.75, Korian Medica SA (PA: KORI ) which was up 3.92% to settle at 26.660 and Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ) which gained 3.70% to close at 17.68.

The worst performers were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA: ESSI ) which was down 1.67% to 105.95 in late trade, Fonciere des Regions (PA: FDR ) which lost 1.29% to settle at 77.34 and Sanofi SA (PA: SASY ) which was down 1.27% to 73.89 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 326 to 284 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.02% to 15.94.

In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.75 to $1212.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.35% or 0.71 to hit $53.46 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.46 to trade at $55.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0758, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8586.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 100.03.