Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 2.11% or 1.39 points to trade at 67.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.46% or 0.33 points to end at 22.54 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.42% or 0.97 points to 69.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 1.22% or 0.103 points to trade at 8.310 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 0.67% or 0.20 points to end at 30.45 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was down 0.54% or 0.55 points to 101.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which rose 7.11% to 59.68, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 4.48% to settle at 9.75 and Thales (PA:TCFP) which gained 3.66% to close at 93.00.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.02% to 5.179 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 2.19% to settle at 403.30 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 1.22% to 8.310 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 306 to 292 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; rising 1.42% or 0.97 to 69.32. Shares in Thales (PA:TCFP) rose to all time highs; up 3.66% or 3.28 to 93.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.01% to 16.35.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1258.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.48% or 0.80 to hit $53.25 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 0.78 to trade at $55.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.0619, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 100.88.