Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.66% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 6.33% or 1.89 points to trade at 31.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) added 4.20% or 4.70 points to end at 116.70 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 3.82% or 8.10 points to 219.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 1.07% or 1.66 points to trade at 154.20 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 0.90% or 0.125 points to end at 13.825 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 0.17% or 0.035 points to 20.620.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (PA:ORP) which rose 7.37% to 92.34, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 6.46% to settle at 1.533 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) which gained 6.33% to close at 31.68.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 3.88% to 1.562 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 1.92% to settle at 21.48 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.56% to 66.150 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 365 to 202 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) rose to all time highs; up 3.82% or 8.10 to 219.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.38% to 13.98.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.85 to $1318.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.26% or 0.69 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.34 to trade at $62.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1408, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.808.