France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.14%

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 rose 0.14%, while the index added 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which rose 1.85% or 0.90 points to trade at 49.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) added 1.77% or 1.26 points to end at 72.54 and Renault SA (EPA:) was up 1.77% or 0.82 points to 47.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (EPA:), which fell 0.88% or 0.12 points to trade at 12.91 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:) declined 0.59% or 1.40 points to end at 234.20 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:) was down 0.45% or 0.12 points to 26.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:) which rose 3.76% to 1.99, Wendel (EPA:) which was up 2.91% to settle at 93.80 and Imerys SA (EPA:) which gained 2.58% to close at 27.82.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was unchanged 4.17% to 0.00 in late trade, Voltalia SA (EPA:) which lost 2.85% to settle at 6.82 and Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 2.44% to 2.64 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 284 to 180 and 91 ended unchanged.

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 February delivery was up 0.14% or 3.56 to $2,631.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.26% or 0.87 to hit $70.11 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.82 to trade at $73.14 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 108.02.