Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 2.80% or 0.77 points to trade at 28.24 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.73% or 0.375 points to end at 14.105 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.85% or 0.85 points to 46.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.95% or 1.72 points to trade at 86.30 at the close. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 1.14% or 1.25 points to end at 108.60 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 0.78% or 0.13 points to 16.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 3.44% to 13.22, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 3.37% to settle at 41.43 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which gained 2.87% to close at 25.47.
The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 1.95% to 86.30 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 1.79% to settle at 1.809 and Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which was down 1.67% to 21.22 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 342 to 231 and 87 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.08% to 14.46.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1293.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.22% or 0.75 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.24 to trade at $69.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1187, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.062.