Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.06%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 3.05% or 1.62 points to trade at 54.80 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 2.06% or 0.375 points to end at 18.600 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.93% or 1.95 points to 102.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which fell 1.77% or 2.00 points to trade at 111.15 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 1.63% or 0.74 points to end at 44.73 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 1.52% or 2.90 points to 187.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which rose 6.41% to 491.40, Thales (PA:TCFP) which was up 6.26% to settle at 95.34 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 4.78% to close at 63.600.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 6.14% to 27.200 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 2.73% to settle at 28.50 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 2.19% to 41.080 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 329 to 230 and 106 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.66% to 17.66.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.33% or 17.50 to $1337.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.13 to trade at $65.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.2407, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.56.