France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.07% 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 1.07%, while the index added 1.06%.

The best performers of the session on the were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:), which rose 4.19% or 2.06 points to trade at 51.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:) added 4.00% or 2.17 points to end at 56.45 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was up 3.37% or 4.85 points to 148.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (EPA:), which fell 0.45% or 0.62 points to trade at 136.22 at the close. Danone SA (EPA:) declined 0.11% or 0.06 points to end at 55.02 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 26.33.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES Imagotag (EPA:) which rose 7.99% to 129.80, Elior Group (EPA:) which was up 5.33% to settle at 2.65 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) which gained 4.19% to close at 51.24.

The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 2.13% to 1.86 in late trade, Metropole Television SA (EPA:) which lost 1.63% to settle at 12.70 and Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which was down 1.51% to 1.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 303 to 204 and 107 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 August delivery was up 0.35% or 6.75 to $1,937.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.33% or 1.70 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.55 to trade at $79.24 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.46% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 101.39.