Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.76%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 2.67% or 0.52 points to trade at 20.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 1.94% or 1.58 points to end at 83.00 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.78% or 0.325 points to 18.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 0.63% or 0.155 points to trade at 24.485 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 0.48% or 0.10 points to end at 20.52 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 0.47% or 0.65 points to 138.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which rose 4.24% to 29.77, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 2.85% to settle at 8.84 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 2.69% to close at 15.85.
The worst performers were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was down 19.52% to 120.80 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 3.06% to settle at 12.03 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.75% to 30.790 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 321 to 247 and 98 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.73% to 15.03.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.07% or 13.30 to $1255.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $73.86 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $77.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1645, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.44.