France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.51%

France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which rose 7.06% or 2.86 points to trade at 43.36 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) added 3.89% or 6.80 points to end at 181.80 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 3.26% or 1.72 points to 54.54 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR), which fell 3.45% or 0.48 points to trade at 13.30 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) declined 1.92% or 1.30 points to end at 66.42 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP) was down 1.40% or 6.10 points to 430.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) which rose 7.06% to 43.36, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was up 5.60% to settle at 2.03 and X-Fab Silicon Foundries Europese Vennootschap (EPA:XFAB) which gained 4.54% to close at 5.42.

The worst performers were Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which was down 3.66% to 11.32 in late trade, Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) which lost 3.65% to settle at 24.30 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) which was down 3.45% to 13.30 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 249 to 193 and 98 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.88% or 35.57 to $4,073.97 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.63% or 1.66 to hit $100.10 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 1.17 to trade at $109.57 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 102.11.