Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.42%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which rose 3.04% or 1.50 points to trade at 50.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay (BRU:SOLB) added 2.79% or 3.05 points to end at 112.40 and Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) was up 2.55% or 0.62 points to 25.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP), which rose 0.02% or 0.01 points to trade at 60.34 at the close. Danone SA (PARIS:DANO) added 0.28% or 0.15 points to end at 54.52 and Sanofi (PARIS:SASY) was up 0.56% or 0.42 points to 75.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 3.39% to 0.580, Euler Hermes (PARIS:ELER) which was up 3.33% to settle at 82.57 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which gained 3.28% to close at 23.16.
The worst performers were Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which was down 6.25% to 0.900 in late trade, Artprice Com (PARIS:ARTF) which lost 5.69% to settle at 12.92 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 3.52% to 5.02 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 490 to 285 and 35 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.18% or 2.10 to $1177.70 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.03% or 1.12 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 0.85 to trade at $60.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.2180, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.7846.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 90.26.