Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 3.21% or 1.35 points to trade at 43.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PA:TECF) added 3.12% or 2.00 points to end at 66.07 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.97% or 1.41 points to 73.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 3.41% or 0.135 points to trade at 3.825 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.07% or 0.41 points to end at 19.17 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was down 1.60% or 1.53 points to 93.97.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 8.30% to 14.220, Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which was up 4.18% to settle at 89.30 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 3.50% to close at 5.470.
The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 3.41% to 3.825 in late trade, Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which lost 2.44% to settle at 2.833 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 2.10% to 22.810 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 368 to 306 and 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) fell to all time lows; losing 3.41% or 0.135 to 3.825. Shares in Technip (PA:TECF) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.12% or 2.00 to 66.07. Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) fell to all time lows; down 3.41% or 0.135 to 3.825. Shares in Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.44% or 0.071 to 2.833.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.55% to 19.55.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1224.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 4.55% or 1.97 to hit $45.29 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.21% or 1.87 to trade at $46.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.0726, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 100.19.