France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.05%

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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 1.05% to hit a new 5-year high, while the index climbed 1.05%.

The best performers of the session on the were BNP Paribas SA (PA:), which rose 3.64% or 1.65 points to trade at 47.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:) added 3.13% or 1.15 points to end at 37.91 and Kering SA (PA:) was up 3.01% or 14.20 points to 485.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:), which fell 1.59% or 1.04 points to trade at 64.34 at the close. Accor SA (PA:) declined 1.37% or 0.52 points to end at 37.56 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:) was down 0.56% or 0.95 points to 167.70.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Arkema SA (PA:) which rose 4.16% to 88.62, DBV Technologies (PA:) which was up 4.00% to settle at 13.270 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:) which gained 3.64% to close at 47.04.

The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:) which was down 3.85% to 57.500 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:) which lost 2.68% to settle at 4.72 and Remy Cointreau (PA:) which was down 2.60% to 123.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 327 to 240 and 97 ended unchanged.

Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.13% or 1.15 to 37.91.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.71% to 13.97 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.89% or 13.35 to $1484.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $59.37 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1023, while EUR/GBP fell 1.18% to 0.8641.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.093.

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