Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.66% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 2.41% or 0.92 points to trade at 38.82 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.40% or 0.65 points to end at 27.54 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.34% or 1.30 points to 56.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.53% or 0.84 points to trade at 54.00 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.28% or 1.11 points to end at 85.86 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 0.84% or 6.30 points to 742.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (PA:VLS) which rose 8.50% to 11.620, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 5.58% to settle at 46.70 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 4.97% to close at 0.934.
The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which was down 14.05% to 4.62 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 5.72% to settle at 6.66 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 4.44% to 84.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 347 to 232 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atos SE (PA:ATOS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.53% or 0.84 to 54.00. Shares in Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.34% or 1.30 to 56.80.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 3.40 to $1901.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.23% or 1.48 to hit $67.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.97 to trade at $70.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.2240, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.745.