Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 2.01% or 1.58 points to trade at 80.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 1.86% or 2.76 points to end at 150.96 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 1.26% or 0.38 points to 30.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 2.38% or 0.85 points to trade at 35.05 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 2.00% or 2.75 points to end at 134.85 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) was down 1.27% or 1.02 points to 79.34.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which rose 2.22% to 90.26, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was up 2.01% to settle at 80.21 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which gained 1.86% to close at 51.90.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 5.17% to 9.73 in late trade, Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (PA:GTT) which lost 2.86% to settle at 71.25 and Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was down 2.76% to 20.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 297 to 293 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) rose to all time highs; rising 1.86% or 2.76 to 150.96.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.34% or 6.15 to $1776.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $72.83 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1910, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8556.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 91.950.