Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.89%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which rose 3.30% or 3.35 points to trade at 105.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) added 2.52% or 3.25 points to end at 132.45 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 2.35% or 1.98 points to 86.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.54% or 0.280 points to trade at 17.936 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.68% or 0.25 points to end at 36.62 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.53% or 0.07 points to 13.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which rose 3.65% to 102.10, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was up 3.49% to settle at 362.20 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 3.33% to close at 13.330.
The worst performers were Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which was down 9.52% to 67.50 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 2.07% to settle at 1.040 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 1.54% to 17.936 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 333 to 227 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.52% or 7.10 to 67.50.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.28% to 15.44.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.46% or 6.05 to $1322.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.80% or 1.06 to hit $59.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.54 to trade at $67.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1279, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8529.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.215.