Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 0.82% or 0.130 points to trade at 16.075 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.75% or 0.44 points to end at 59.31 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 0.71% or 0.26 points to 36.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which fell 0.80% or 0.49 points to trade at 60.68 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 0.61% or 0.21 points to end at 34.32 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was down 0.27% or 0.019 points to 7.067.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which rose 1.98% to 129.00, Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was up 1.69% to settle at 17.71 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 1.33% to close at 13.7500.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 2.13% to 76.63 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 0.92% to settle at 5.360 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 0.89% to 45.16 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 238 and 93 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.81% to 16.27.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.25 to $1137.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.60% or 0.85 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.83 to trade at $56.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 103.02.