Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the CAC Consumer Goods, CAC Health Care and CAC Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.48% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH), which rose 2.66% or 18.20 points to trade at 701.30 at the close. Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) added 2.56% or 64.00 points to end at 2,562.00 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) was up 2.00% or 4.90 points to 250.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV), which fell 2.44% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.52 in late trade. Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) declined 1.40% or 0.18 points to end at 12.66 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) down 1.08% or 0.25 points to 22.99.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which unchanged 10.00% to 0.00, Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was up 5.56% to settle at 2.24 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which gained 4.94% to close at 2.21.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 4.40% to 2.13 in late trade, Ipsen SA (EPA:IPN) which lost 2.68% to settle at 119.90 and Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) which was down 2.44% to 2.52 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 263 to 230 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) rose to all time highs; up 2.56% or 64.00 to 2,562.00. Shares in EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) rose to all time highs; rising 2.00% or 4.90 to 250.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.41% or 11.39 to $2,760.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.62% or 1.25 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.69 to trade at $79.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.30% at 107.78.