Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.28%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.48% or 0.82 points to trade at 24.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 2.33% or 2.35 points to end at 103.35 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.12% or 0.55 points to 26.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 1.28% or 1.36 points to trade at 104.94 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 0.96% or 0.170 points to end at 17.480 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was down 0.64% or 0.44 points to 68.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 14.41% to 82.95, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 5.14% to settle at 37.22 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 4.68% to close at 68.20.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 2.97% to 32.000 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 1.90% to settle at 476.00 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 1.88% to 24.040 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 294 to 258 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.96% or 0.170 to 17.480. Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to all time highs; up 4.68% or 3.05 to 68.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.76% to 13.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.50 to $1203.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.15% or 0.79 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.84 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1671, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.18.