Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.47%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 5.75% or 0.317 points to trade at 5.830 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.81% or 0.34 points to end at 19.39 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.77% or 0.255 points to 14.625 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which fell 0.90% or 2.10 points to trade at 230.30 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 0.76% or 0.66 points to end at 85.80 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 0.58% or 0.17 points to 28.43.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which rose 5.75% to 5.830, Rexel (PA:RXL) which was up 3.75% to settle at 15.79 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 3.01% to close at 45.840.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 1.71% to 53.96 in late trade, Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which lost 1.68% to settle at 134.35 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 1.25% to 30.415 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 402 to 228 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.75% or 0.317 to 5.830. Shares in Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.77% or 0.255 to 14.625. Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.75% or 0.317 to 5.830.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.27% to 13.48.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.56% or 7.10 to $1254.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $53.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1191, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 97.19.