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 0.43% to hit a new all time high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF), which rose 3.15% or 11.40 points to trade at 373.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) added 2.49% or 1.26 points to end at 51.88 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) was up 2.10% or 1.02 points to 49.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 4.33% or 1.29 points to trade at 28.62 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.53% or 0.49 points to end at 31.25 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 1.43% or 0.22 points to 15.52.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 4.57% to 47.18, Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) which was up 3.15% to settle at 373.50 and Orpea SA (PA:ORP) which gained 2.55% to close at 93.20.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 6.52% to 6.38 in late trade, Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which lost 4.41% to settle at 69.35 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 4.33% to 28.62 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 345 to 264 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) rose to all time highs; rising 2.49% or 1.26 to 51.88.
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 0.33% or 6.00 to $1789.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.12% or 0.94 to hit $83.11 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.54 to trade at $84.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1580, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 94.093.