Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the rose 0.24% to hit a new 3-month high, while the index gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Valeo SA (PA:), which rose 3.02% or 0.82 points to trade at 28.00 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:) added 2.74% or 0.61 points to end at 22.89 and Kering SA (PA:) was up 2.70% or 13.40 points to 509.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total SA (PA:), which lost 1.40% or 0.73 points to trade at 51.54 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA:) declined 1.37% or 0.45 points to end at 32.33 and Vinci SA (PA:) shed 1.01% or 0.88 points to 85.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Faurecia (PA:) which rose 5.01% to 41.92, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:) which was up 3.57% to settle at 25.51 and JC Decaux SA (PA:) which gained 3.07% to close at 27.50.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:) which was down 3.02% to 1.187 in late trade, ICADE (PA:) which lost 2.79% to settle at 74.90 and Korian Medica SA (PA:) which was down 1.86% to 35.840 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 318 to 240 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.94% to 13.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 5.15 to $1306.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $59.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.19 to trade at $67.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1354, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.825.
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