Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 4.16% or 0.590 points to trade at 14.760 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 3.65% or 0.526 points to end at 14.952 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 3.53% or 0.72 points to 21.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 5.31% or 0.72 points to trade at 12.84 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 1.99% or 2.15 points to end at 105.85 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 1.32% or 1.65 points to 123.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 4.27% to 16.850, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was up 4.16% to settle at 14.760 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 3.65% to close at 14.952.
The worst performers were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which was down 5.31% to 12.84 in late trade, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which lost 3.96% to settle at 25.74 and Wendel (PA:MWDP) which was down 2.12% to 115.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 339 to 211 and 82 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.55% to 15.14.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.35 to $1272.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $63.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1161, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.893.