France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.30% 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 added 1.30%, while the index added 1.29%.

The best performers of the session on the were Engie SA (EPA:), which rose 5.33% or 0.62 points to trade at 12.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:) added 3.62% or 0.84 points to end at 24.05 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:) was up 3.37% or 4.20 points to 128.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which fell 1.18% or 2.25 points to trade at 189.00 at the close. Danone SA (EPA:) declined 1.17% or 0.66 points to end at 55.94 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was down 0.66% or 0.14 points to 21.03.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:) which rose 7.52% to 3.06, Orpea SA (EPA:) which was up 6.46% to settle at 33.64 and Valneva (EPA:) which gained 6.29% to close at 10.26.

The worst performers were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which was down 2.80% to 18.39 in late trade, Trigano SA (EPA:) which lost 1.23% to settle at 120.60 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) which was down 1.18% to 189.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 352 to 182 and 105 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 June delivery was up 0.33% or 5.93 to $1,819.93 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.31% or 0.35 to hit $111.47 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.21 to trade at $114.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.07% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.22% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 103.39.