Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare , Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.59% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA: STMPA ), which rose 1.93% or 0.49 points to trade at 25.82 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA: LVMH ) added 1.56% or 9.90 points to end at 644.50 and Danone SA (EPA: DANO ) was up 1.55% or 1.00 points to 65.54 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Edenred SA (EPA: EDEN ), which fell 2.69% or 0.84 points to trade at 30.41 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV ) declined 1.61% or 0.04 points to end at 2.57 and Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) was down 1.29% or 1.10 points to 84.14.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA: XFAB ) which rose 3.37% to 5.22, Elis Services SA (EPA: ELIS ) which was up 3.35% to settle at 19.13 and Euroapi SAS (EPA: EAPI ) which gained 2.94% to close at 3.09.

The worst performers were Emeis SA (EPA: EMEIS ) which was down 8.49% to 5.81 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which unchanged 8.33% to settle at 0.00 and Sodexo SA (EPA: EXHO ) which was down 7.83% to 73.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 243 to 237 and 102 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 February delivery was up 0.76% or 20.19 to $2,667.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.88% or 0.65 to hit $74.21 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.67 to trade at $76.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 108.25.