Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.65%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.26% or 0.710 points to trade at 22.485 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 2.60% or 1.25 points to end at 49.41 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 2.34% or 0.340 points to 14.845 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.83% or 0.44 points to trade at 23.60 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.21% or 0.80 points to end at 65.15 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was down 1.16% or 0.062 points to 5.274.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which rose 3.63% to 80.00, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was up 3.26% to settle at 22.485 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 2.68% to close at 65.24.
The worst performers were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was down 3.72% to 22.14 in late trade, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which lost 2.84% to settle at 9.197 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 2.11% to 41.32 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 350 to 257 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.34% or 0.340 to 14.845.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.38% to 13.04.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 4.04 to $1250.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.34% or 1.55 to hit $47.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 3.09% or 1.50 to trade at $50.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1654, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.84.