France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.51%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.49%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA: RENA ), which rose 4.28% or 2.32 points to trade at 56.57 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) added 4.05% or 0.540 points to end at 13.858 and Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) was up 3.66% or 0.87 points to 24.63 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dassault Systemes SE (PA: DAST ), which lost 2.92% or 3.90 points to trade at 129.60 in late trade. Orange SA (PA: ORAN ) declined 2.40% or 0.34 points to end at 13.81 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA: PERP ) shed 1.70% or 2.70 points to 156.30.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA: GEPH ) which rose 13.45% to 1.468, Faurecia (PA: EPED ) which was up 6.64% to settle at 35.32 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA: TFFP ) which gained 5.15% to close at 8.675.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA: UBIP ) which was down 3.27% to 71.080 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA: CASP ) which lost 2.95% to settle at 32.86 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA: DAST ) which was down 2.92% to 129.60 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 347 to 212 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.64% to 15.78.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1328.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $53.51 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.55 to trade at $61.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1245, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8863.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.123.