France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.70% 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 rose 0.70%, while the index gained 0.63%.

The best performers of the session on the were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:), which rose 2.43% or 16.40 points to trade at 690.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:) added 2.04% or 29.50 points to end at 1,472.50 and Safran SA (EPA:) was up 1.53% or 1.80 points to 119.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:), which fell 1.07% or 0.36 points to trade at 33.24 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:) declined 0.87% or 0.14 points to end at 15.90 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was down 0.63% or 0.57 points to 90.41.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SCOR SE (EPA:) which rose 3.03% to 22.11, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) which was up 2.43% to settle at 690.20 and Fnac Darty SA (EPA:) which gained 2.21% to close at 34.18.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:) which was down 3.88% to 6.30 in late trade, Carmila SA (EPA:) which lost 2.98% to settle at 13.04 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was down 2.72% to 13.59 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 276 and 69 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 0.99% or 17.80 to $1,822.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.60% or 1.27 to hit $80.83 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.62% or 1.37 to trade at $85.87 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.49% to 0.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 103.92.