Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.64%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 2.95% or 1.27 points to trade at 44.26 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 2.53% or 0.455 points to end at 18.455 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 2.21% or 2.10 points to 96.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 1.86% or 0.37 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 1.29% or 1.35 points to end at 103.60 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 1.13% or 0.99 points to 86.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Edenred (PA:EDEN) which rose 8.24% to 27.85, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was up 5.78% to settle at 26.360 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which gained 4.67% to close at 156.80.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.19% to 113.30 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 3.34% to settle at 10.43 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 1.86% to 19.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 314 to 270 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; up 2.21% or 2.10 to 96.99. Shares in Edenred (PA:EDEN) rose to all time highs; rising 8.24% or 2.12 to 27.85.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.20% to 17.31.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.64% or 22.20 to $1334.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.91% or 0.56 to hit $62.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $65.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2354, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 89.50.