Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 2.61%, while the SBF 120 index added 2.68%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 5.55% or 0.255 points to trade at 4.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 5.02% or 0.54 points to end at 11.19 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 4.85% or 0.80 points to 17.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 0.95% or 0.038 points to trade at 3.968 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 0.28% or 0.13 points to end at 45.72 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 0.25% or 0.07 points to 25.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 9.98% to 55.000, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was up 7.47% to settle at 8.920 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 7.29% to close at 21.555.
The worst performers were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 2.53% to 25.00 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which lost 0.95% to settle at 3.968 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 0.89% to 9.057 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 544 to 122 and 89 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.00% to 28.96.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.54% or 7.15 to $1317.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.16% or 1.00 to hit $47.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.97% or 0.94 to trade at $48.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1063, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8312.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 96.29.