Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.45% or 0.615 points to trade at 25.730 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 1.78% or 1.90 points to end at 108.90 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.45% or 7.10 points to 497.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which fell 2.54% or 0.37 points to trade at 14.20 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 2.29% or 1.38 points to end at 58.76 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was down 1.51% or 0.57 points to 37.07.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 3.61% to 111.90, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 3.16% to settle at 34.97 and Arkema (PA:AKE) which gained 2.65% to close at 104.55.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 8.19% to 47.74 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 3.33% to settle at 16.43 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.03% to 134.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 260 and 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.19% or 4.26 to 47.74.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.40% to 12.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.98% or 12.10 to $1227.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $67.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.31 to trade at $72.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1657, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 94.75.