Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.54%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.60% or 0.64 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 2.25% or 0.80 points to end at 36.38 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.76% or 1.76 points to 101.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which fell 0.89% or 0.82 points to trade at 91.58 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 0.62% or 1.15 points to end at 185.45 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was down 0.44% or 0.50 points to 112.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 6.03% to 35.880, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.35% to settle at 79.15 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 4.10% to close at 2.436.
The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 2.39% to 122.30 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 1.26% to settle at 51.100 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was down 1.22% to 145.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 358 to 194 and 115 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.00% to 13.14.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1196.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.05% or 0.69 to hit $66.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.46 to trade at $72.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1540, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 95.36.