Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.36% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 3.71% or 1.77 points to trade at 49.52 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.14% or 0.340 points to end at 16.205 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) was up 2.12% or 2.15 points to 103.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 2.05% or 0.54 points to trade at 25.83 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 1.79% or 2.85 points to end at 156.10 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 1.31% or 1.22 points to 91.74.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which rose 19.68% to 71.02, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was up 3.71% to settle at 49.52 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which gained 3.07% to close at 60.40.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.62% to 1.655 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 2.36% to settle at 1.156 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 2.20% to 75.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 340 to 223 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Euronext (PA:ENX) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.07% or 1.80 to 60.40.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.79% to 11.82.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.12% or 14.45 to $1276.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.18 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1283, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.688.