Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.34% to hit a new all time high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 4.36% or 29.70 points to trade at 711.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) added 2.78% or 0.92 points to end at 33.96 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 2.73% or 1.80 points to 67.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 2.00% or 0.32 points to trade at 15.93 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.80% or 1.04 points to end at 56.60 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was down 1.62% or 0.99 points to 60.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (PA:GTT) which rose 9.76% to 72.55, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE (PA:PLOF) which was up 4.69% to settle at 25.44 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 4.51% to close at 6.25.
The worst performers were Derichebourg (PA:DBG) which was down 4.96% to 9.96 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which lost 4.90% to settle at 11.85 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.44% to 8.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 325 to 295 and 83 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 9.95 to $1856.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.21% or 0.17 to hit $79.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.48 to trade at $82.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1335, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8441.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.812.