Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 5.64% or 0.549 points to trade at 10.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 1.55% or 0.57 points to end at 37.39 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) was up 1.16% or 1.90 points to 166.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 4.34% or 0.266 points to trade at 5.865 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 2.19% or 2.22 points to end at 99.33 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was down 0.92% or 0.95 points to 101.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which rose 5.64% to 10.280, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 3.51% to settle at 31.515 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 3.27% to close at 25.080.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 28.51% to 16.5500 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which lost 4.34% to settle at 5.865 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 4.32% to 8.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 359 to 318 and 96 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.78% to 23.25.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.95 to $1278.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.53% or 0.24 to hit $45.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.05 to trade at $46.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.90.