Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.49% or 0.596 points to trade at 24.556 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 1.92% or 0.395 points to end at 20.970 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.75% or 0.40 points to 22.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which fell 1.23% or 0.53 points to trade at 42.56 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.15% or 1.40 points to end at 120.45 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was down 0.56% or 0.40 points to 70.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 4.44% to 82.510, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.78% to settle at 4.420 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 3.13% to close at 32.95.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 2.15% to 18.63 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 1.46% to settle at 195.70 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was down 1.23% to 42.56 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 372 to 237 and 75 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.95% to 11.88.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 7.46 to $1282.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.62% or 0.35 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.26 to trade at $62.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.88.