Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.21% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which rose 2.21% or 2.85 points to trade at 131.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.87% or 1.40 points to end at 76.43 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 1.34% or 3.00 points to 226.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 2.78% or 0.81 points to trade at 28.32 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 2.06% or 1.76 points to end at 83.80 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.53% or 0.30 points to 19.57.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 14.88% to 17.450, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 3.48% to settle at 1.160 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which gained 2.21% to close at 131.55.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 9.94% to 358.60 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 7.81% to settle at 16.22 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 2.81% to 51.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 333 to 236 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.34% or 3.00 to 226.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.17% to 13.04.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1287.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $56.61 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.25 to trade at $65.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.757.