Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas Producers and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.61%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 1.97% or 1.17 points to trade at 60.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group (PA:AIR) added 1.97% or 1.05 points to end at 54.36 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 1.60% or 0.99 points to 62.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 4.20% or 0.200 points to trade at 4.560 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 1.21% or 0.60 points to end at 49.55 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 0.84% or 0.75 points to 88.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 3.52% to 16.46, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 1.99% to settle at 29.45 and BIC (PA:BICP) which gained 1.98% to close at 123.60.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 4.20% to 4.560 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.64% to settle at 3.309 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 3.17% to 20.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 387 to 272 and 109 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.30% to 32.11.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.64% or 21.25 to $1270.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.52% or 0.76 to hit $49.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.76 to trade at $49.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1249, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7674.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 94.09.