Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.81% or 0.98 points to trade at 26.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 2.02% or 0.345 points to end at 17.390 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 1.92% or 1.66 points to 88.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which fell 2.20% or 0.78 points to trade at 34.42 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.95% or 0.30 points to end at 15.33 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 1.80% or 2.05 points to 111.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 5.19% to 8.830, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.81% to settle at 26.69 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which gained 3.63% to close at 25.99.
The worst performers were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was down 5.55% to 131.00 in late trade, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which lost 4.74% to settle at 62.30 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 4.43% to 59.875 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 239 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.20% or 0.78 to 34.42. Shares in Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.74% or 3.10 to 62.30. Shares in Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.43% or 2.775 to 59.875.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.49% to 15.91.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.00 to $1191.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.66% or 0.49 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.78 to trade at $84.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1485, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.43.