Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.89% to hit a new all time high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 4.39% or 1.13 points to trade at 26.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) added 3.28% or 0.53 points to end at 16.77 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) was up 2.79% or 1.37 points to 50.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY), which fell 0.92% or 0.94 points to trade at 101.50 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP) declined 0.70% or 0.50 points to end at 71.10 and Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) was down 0.66% or 0.25 points to 37.62.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which rose 14.86% to 2.21, Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which was up 5.23% to settle at 147.00 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 4.39% to close at 26.86.
The worst performers were BIC (EPA:BICP) which was down 4.17% to 56.35 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which lost 2.40% to settle at 281.10 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 2.17% to 6.08 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 248 and 95 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.89% or 17.85 to $2,021.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.12% or 1.69 to hit $81.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.27 to trade at $85.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.95.
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