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 gained 0.35% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 2.61% or 3.68 points to trade at 144.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 1.98% or 2.58 points to end at 132.68 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 1.63% or 0.16 points to 10.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 4.74% or 1.27 points to trade at 25.65 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.67% or 0.61 points to end at 36.22 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 1.51% or 0.82 points to 53.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which rose 5.82% to 282.00, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which was up 2.61% to settle at 144.54 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 2.15% to close at 18.07.
The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which was down 4.88% to 4.78 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 4.74% to settle at 25.65 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 3.65% to 0.956 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 340 to 251 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) rose to all time highs; rising 2.61% or 3.68 to 144.54. Shares in Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.61% or 3.68 to 144.54. Shares in Rexel (PA:RXL) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.15% or 0.38 to 18.07.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.48% or 8.95 to $1856.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.14% or 0.81 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.73 to trade at $73.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.2120, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8612.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.552.