France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.39%

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 0.39% to hit a new 5-year high, while the index gained 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the were Carrefour SA (PA:), which rose 2.72% or 0.42 points to trade at 15.86 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) added 2.21% or 0.322 points to end at 14.900 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:) was up 1.71% or 0.67 points to 39.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vinci SA (PA:), which fell 1.22% or 1.25 points to trade at 101.15 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:) declined 1.20% or 0.280 points to end at 22.960 and Engie SA (PA:) was down 1.18% or 0.17 points to 14.71.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:) which rose 5.61% to 26.94, Eramet SA (PA:) which was up 5.27% to settle at 50.34 and Teleperformance SE (PA:) which gained 3.82% to close at 211.80.

The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:) which was down 5.68% to 9.970 in late trade, Alstom SA (PA:) which lost 2.17% to settle at 38.27 and Nexans SA (PA:) which was down 1.63% to 36.75 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 303 to 271 and 84 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teleperformance SE (PA:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.82% or 7.80 to 211.80.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.11% to 13.14.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.71% or 25.85 to $1485.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.10% or 0.62 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.68 to trade at $62.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1068, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8598.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 97.780.

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