Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.76% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 3.00% or 5.70 points to trade at 195.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 2.99% or 2.70 points to end at 93.08 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.27% or 0.46 points to 20.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 1.42% or 0.30 points to trade at 20.90 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 0.30% or 1.30 points to end at 436.20 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 0.25% or 0.35 points to 140.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 4.66% to 1.280, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.56% to settle at 148.90 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 3.39% to close at 11.89.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 1.73% to 70.24 in late trade, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which lost 1.42% to settle at 20.90 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 0.90% to 18.68 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 341 to 206 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eramet (PA:ERMT) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.56% or 6.50 to 148.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.73% to 11.61 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.70 to $1348.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2349, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.33.