Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 2.99% or 2.56 points to trade at 88.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 2.91% or 0.55 points to end at 19.30 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 1.88% or 0.72 points to 39.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 3.85% or 1.50 points to trade at 37.48 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 2.51% or 0.10 points to end at 3.80 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was down 1.91% or 0.41 points to 21.29.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which rose 5.60% to 22.070, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was up 2.99% to settle at 88.07 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which gained 2.91% to close at 19.30.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.57% to 6.41 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.96% to settle at 8.094 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 3.85% to 37.48 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 354 to 289 and 120 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.81% to 20.48.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.28% or 3.50 to $1247.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.31% or 0.13 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.19 to trade at $41.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1218, while EUR/GBP rose 0.89% to 0.7894.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.66.