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 gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.47% or 0.89 points to trade at 26.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 2.26% or 1.25 points to end at 56.54 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 2.00% or 2.70 points to 137.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 2.78% or 2.08 points to trade at 72.81 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.32% or 0.22 points to end at 16.50 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 1.29% or 1.54 points to 117.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rexel (PA:RXL) which rose 4.29% to 17.73, Valneva (PA:VLS) which was up 3.91% to settle at 11.150 and Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which gained 3.66% to close at 178.60.
The worst performers were Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 3.14% to 112.70 in late trade, Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which lost 2.94% to settle at 5.12 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 2.81% to 58.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 298 to 284 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) rose to all time highs; up 3.66% or 6.30 to 178.60.
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 1.01% or 17.95 to $1762.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $73.32 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.37 to trade at $74.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1906, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.017.