France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.51% By Investing.com

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 gained 0.51%, while the index gained 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the were Euroapi SAS (EPA:), which rose 5.06% or 0.70 points to trade at 14.50 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) added 2.20% or 1.48 points to end at 68.73 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) was up 2.15% or 1.07 points to 50.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:), which fell 5.10% or 7.75 points to trade at 144.10 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) declined 1.67% or 1.42 points to end at 83.38 and Thales (EPA:) was down 1.18% or 1.40 points to 116.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 5.62% to 32.52, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was up 5.06% to settle at 14.50 and Trigano SA (EPA:) which gained 3.73% to close at 119.70.

The worst performers were EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) which was down 5.10% to 144.10 in late trade, Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:) which lost 3.69% to settle at 109.60 and Aperam SA (AS:) which was down 2.73% to 34.27 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 271 to 269 and 100 ended unchanged.

Shares in Euroapi SAS (EPA:) rose to all time highs; up 5.06% or 0.70 to 14.50. Shares in Euroapi SAS (EPA:) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.06% or 0.70 to 14.50. Shares in Aperam SA (AS:) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.73% or 0.96 to 34.27.

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 June delivery was down 0.79% or 14.67 to $1,843.93 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.64% or 3.75 to hit $99.34 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.58% or 3.79 to trade at $102.15 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 103.93.