Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 2.50%, while the SBF 120 index added 2.57%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Thales (EPA:TCFP), which rose 5.44% or 12.40 points to trade at 240.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) added 5.11% or 6.15 points to end at 126.55 and Safran SA (EPA:SAF) was up 5.02% or 10.10 points to 211.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:RENA), which fell 1.01% or 0.43 points to trade at 42.01 at the close. Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) declined 0.84% or 0.07 points to end at 8.22 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) was down 0.25% or 0.03 points to 11.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which rose 9.83% to 11.15, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was up 7.72% to settle at 3.88 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which gained 7.29% to close at 164.05.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 2.89% to 3.87 in late trade, Forvia (EPA:FRVIA) which lost 2.40% to settle at 5.70 and Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which was down 1.23% to 7.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 414 to 95 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.84% or 0.07 to 8.22. Shares in Forvia (EPA:FRVIA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.40% or 0.14 to 5.70. Shares in Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) fell to 5-year lows; down 1.23% or 0.09 to 7.40.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.23% or 36.65 to $3,010.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.86% or 0.52 to hit $61.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $64.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.52% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 103.10.