Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the General Retailers, Basic Materials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 6.05% or 0.21 points to trade at 3.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.41% or 0.250 points to end at 10.625 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.64% or 0.58 points to 35.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 2.03% or 0.435 points to trade at 20.975 at the close. L`Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 0.74% or 1.15 points to end at 153.95 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was down 0.72% or 0.18 points to 24.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 6.05% to 3.75, Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was up 3.28% to settle at 2.77 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which gained 2.41% to close at 10.625.
The worst performers were Adocia (PA:ADOC) which was down 2.76% to 74.000 in late trade, Mercialys (PA:MERY) which lost 2.71% to settle at 18.29 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 2.03% to 20.975 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 403 to 326 and 65 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.89% to 21.99.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.68% or 7.40 to $1073.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.31% or 0.47 to hit $36.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.03 to trade at $36.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.0967, while EUR/GBP rose 0.96% to 0.7403.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 98.14.