Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 3.96% or 3.94 points to trade at 103.34 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.00% or 0.79 points to end at 27.13 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 2.91% or 3.45 points to 121.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which fell 0.93% or 0.50 points to trade at 53.41 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 0.87% or 0.18 points to end at 21.11 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was down 0.87% or 0.13 points to 14.77.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 5.87% to 81.200, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 4.03% to settle at 13.15 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which gained 3.96% to close at 103.34.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.03% to 1.057 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 1.74% to settle at 7.214 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 1.70% to 115.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 318 to 257 and 98 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.03% to 11.50.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1256.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.70 to trade at $78.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1736, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.94.