Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA), which rose 2.76% or 0.091 points to trade at 3.388 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) added 2.38% or 3.40 points to end at 146.30 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 1.97% or 0.43 points to 22.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering (PARIS:PRTP), which fell 1.61% or 2.55 points to trade at 155.40 at the close. Technip (PARIS:TECF) declined 0.88% or 0.51 points to end at 57.49 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was down 0.84% or 0.08 points to 9.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 6.46% to 0.379, Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which was up 3.05% to settle at 16.235 and Imerys (PARIS:IMTP) which gained 2.96% to close at 68.98.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PARIS:AIRF) which was down 3.37% to 6.303 in late trade, Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which lost 2.78% to settle at 0.700 and Biomerieux (PARIS:BIOX) which was down 1.88% to 97.14 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 490 to 421 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) fell to all time lows; falling 2.78% or 0.020 to 0.700.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.27% to 27.57 a new 3-months high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.42% or 5.00 to $1180.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.68% or 0.41 to hit $60.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.26 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1232, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.7182.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 95.34.