Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 2.46%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 2.26%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 5.40% or 1.88 points to trade at 36.66 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 4.58% or 0.96 points to end at 22.05 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 3.70% or 1.70 points to 47.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 0.99% or 0.28 points to trade at 29.12 at the close. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) added 1.15% or 0.56 points to end at 49.77 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 1.20% or 0.18 points to 15.21.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which rose 8.95% to 105.40, SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which was up 5.61% to settle at 30.02 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which gained 5.40% to close at 36.66.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 2.10% to 12.610 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 1.03% to settle at 18.24 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:NUME) which was down 0.89% to 27.700 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 469 to 191 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in SEB SA (PA:SEBF) rose to all time highs; rising 8.95% or 8.66 to 105.40.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.18% to 20.23.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.74% or 21.80 to $1229.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.98% or 0.47 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.26 to trade at $48.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1146, while EUR/GBP fell 1.69% to 0.7616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 95.56.