Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 4.28% or 2.32 points to trade at 56.57 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 4.05% or 0.540 points to end at 13.858 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 3.66% or 0.87 points to 24.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which fell 2.92% or 3.90 points to trade at 129.60 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 2.40% or 0.34 points to end at 13.81 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 1.70% or 2.70 points to 156.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 13.45% to 1.468, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 6.64% to settle at 35.32 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 5.15% to close at 8.675.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 3.27% to 71.080 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 2.95% to settle at 32.86 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which was down 2.92% to 129.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 347 to 212 and 100 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.64% to 15.78.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1328.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $53.53 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.59 to trade at $61.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1245, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.127.