Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 6.59% or 0.928 points to trade at 15.014 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 2.68% or 0.88 points to end at 33.48 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 2.57% or 2.70 points to 107.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 1.55% or 1.20 points to trade at 76.10 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.43% or 0.35 points to end at 24.20 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was down 0.85% or 0.180 points to 21.110.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 6.59% to 15.014, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 5.84% to settle at 1.558 and Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which gained 4.47% to close at 42.04.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 16.49% to 17.820 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which lost 4.07% to settle at 35.360 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.05% to 15.880 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 304 to 277 and 79 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.61% to 14.38.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.25% or 3.35 to $1332.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $53.24 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.17 to trade at $62.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1330, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8902.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.650.