Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.98%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which rose 2.93% or 3.25 points to trade at 114.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 2.61% or 2.14 points to end at 84.14 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 2.52% or 0.470 points to 19.085 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.41% or 0.06 points to trade at 13.20 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 21.00 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 0.14% or 0.09 points to 64.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 5.54% to 12.580, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 4.80% to settle at 37.520 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 3.92% to close at 71.65.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.77% to 11.77 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 2.71% to settle at 20.84 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 1.62% to 16.36 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 405 to 144 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Neopost (PA:NPOS) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.71% or 0.58 to 20.84. Shares in Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.62% or 0.27 to 16.36.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.88% to 17.62.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.80% or 10.80 to $1344.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $69.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 88.92.