Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which rose 2.53% or 1.66 points to trade at 67.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 2.12% or 1.10 points to end at 52.98 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.02% or 0.50 points to 25.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 4.88% or 1.81 points to trade at 35.29 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 2.46% or 1.77 points to end at 70.18 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 2.07% or 0.335 points to 15.865.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 6.78% to 63.00, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 4.25% to settle at 92.280 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.84% to close at 2.314.
The worst performers were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 4.88% to 35.29 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 2.91% to settle at 1.035 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 2.46% to 70.18 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 315 to 253 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.88% or 1.81 to 35.29. Shares in Renault SA (PA:RENA) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.46% or 1.77 to 70.18. Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to all time highs; rising 6.78% or 4.00 to 63.00. Shares in Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.88% or 1.81 to 35.29. Shares in Renault SA (PA:RENA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.46% or 1.77 to 70.18.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.59% to 14.63.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1201.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.58% or 1.74 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.49 to trade at $78.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1593, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.17.