Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.75% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 7.14% or 8.90 points to trade at 133.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) added 2.48% or 2.40 points to end at 99.10 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.37% or 0.57 points to 24.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which fell 4.06% or 9.10 points to trade at 215.00 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.47% or 0.70 points to end at 47.19 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was down 1.33% or 0.56 points to 42.03.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 34.57% to 45.60, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was up 9.13% to settle at 5.020 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which gained 7.14% to close at 133.50.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 6.47% to 38.215 in late trade, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which lost 4.06% to settle at 215.00 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.64% to 12.720 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 322 to 263 and 102 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.24% to 10.15.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.70 to $1243.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.36% or 0.79 to hit $57.20 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 1.02 to trade at $63.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1735, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.09.