France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.87%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the added 0.87%, while the index climbed 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bouygues SA (EPA:), which rose 4.43% or 1.41 points to trade at 33.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) added 3.97% or 1.78 points to end at 46.66 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) was up 3.41% or 0.69 points to 20.94 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:), which fell 1.17% or 1.65 points to trade at 139.45 at the close. Safran SA (EPA:) declined 0.73% or 1.08 points to end at 147.02 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was down 0.57% or 0.10 points to 16.58.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 9.04% to 6.59, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which was up 8.98% to settle at 176.55 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which gained 6.32% to close at 1.61.

The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 6.05% to 0.96 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which lost 4.86% to settle at 4.03 and SES (EPA:) which was down 4.76% to 5.51 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 183 and 106 ended unchanged.

Shares in Orpea SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; down 6.05% or 0.06 to 0.96. Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; losing 4.86% or 0.21 to 4.03.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.63% or 12.55 to $1,993.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.25% or 1.03 to hit $81.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.23% or 1.06 to trade at $85.29 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 106.55.