France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.30%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM), which rose 4.44% or 0.42 points to trade at 9.76 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) added 2.87% or 0.65 points to end at 23.31 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA) was up 2.53% or 1.21 points to 49.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP), which fell 2.38% or 9.40 points to trade at 385.15 at the close. Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) declined 2.02% or 0.57 points to end at 27.66 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE) was down 1.94% or 0.59 points to 29.77.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which rose 5.47% to 60.33, Forvia (EPA:FRVIA) which was up 5.34% to settle at 8.52 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which gained 4.52% to close at 8.09.

The worst performers were Ayvens SA (EPA:AYV) which was down 4.83% to 8.68 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which lost 4.35% to settle at 11.66 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 3.53% to 3.93 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 287 to 208 and 71 ended unchanged.

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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 June delivery was up 1.02% or 32.84 to $3,260.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.97% or 1.84 to hit $63.79 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.65% or 1.72 to trade at $66.68 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.80% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 100.92.

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