Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.77%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 5.56% or 2.06 points to trade at 39.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 3.03% or 0.13 points to end at 4.49 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 2.81% or 0.41 points to 14.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 0.83% or 0.043 points to trade at 5.159 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) declined 0.70% or 0.56 points to end at 79.81 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 0.53% or 0.33 points to 62.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which rose 5.56% to 39.00, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was up 4.23% to settle at 12.560 and CNP Assurances (PA:CNPP) which gained 3.84% to close at 14.470.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 3.36% to 4.806 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.38% to settle at 3.57 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 2.25% to 17.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 373 to 290 and 115 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.37% to 21.78.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1257.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.57% or 1.44 to hit $41.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.78% or 1.62 to trade at $44.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.7991.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.09.