Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 3.01% or 3.55 points to trade at 121.35 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.94% or 0.66 points to end at 22.91 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 2.29% or 0.39 points to 17.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 2.34% or 9.00 points to trade at 375.15 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 0.87% or 0.41 points to end at 46.35 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was down 0.46% or 0.55 points to 117.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 5.16% to 13.05, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 4.27% to settle at 54.74 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 3.33% to close at 2.945.
The worst performers were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was down 2.34% to 375.15 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 1.38% to settle at 39.660 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 1.12% to 11.490 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 380 to 216 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.87% or 0.41 to 46.35.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.18% to 11.65.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1295.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $57.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.16 to trade at $63.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1883, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8978.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.05.