Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.35%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST), which rose 4.98% or 5.15 points to trade at 108.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 3.40% or 0.632 points to end at 19.202 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 3.13% or 0.76 points to 25.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which fell 0.87% or 0.17 points to trade at 19.19 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 0.25% or 0.16 points to end at 62.81 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 0.04% or 0.004 points to 9.886.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 8.67% to 1.967, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 6.86% to settle at 52.15 and Trigano (PA:TRIA) which gained 5.16% to close at 83.55.
The worst performers were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was down 3.18% to 112.70 in late trade, Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which lost 2.84% to settle at 11.980 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 2.04% to 7.69 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 382 to 200 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in AXA SA (PA:AXAF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.87% or 0.17 to 19.19. Shares in Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.04% or 0.004 to 9.886. Shares in SEB SA (PA:SEBF) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.18% or 3.70 to 112.70.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.10% to 20.90.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1249.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.02% or 0.52 to hit $51.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.22 to trade at $60.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1317, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.9035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.417.