Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM), which rose 6.55% or 0.51 points to trade at 8.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) added 5.80% or 4.94 points to end at 90.18 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) was up 4.95% or 1.90 points to 40.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH), which fell 7.82% or 41.45 points to trade at 488.65 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) declined 5.22% or 8.92 points to end at 162.08 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) was down 2.33% or 2.18 points to 91.32.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which rose 12.84% to 4.13, Valeo SA (EPA:VLOF) which was up 6.87% to settle at 8.18 and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) which gained 6.55% to close at 8.33.
The worst performers were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) which was down 7.82% to 488.65 in late trade, Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) which lost 5.22% to settle at 162.08 and Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR) which was down 4.86% to 34.46 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 319 to 151 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.82% or 41.45 to 488.65. Shares in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.82% or 41.45 to 488.65.
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 June delivery was up 0.40% or 12.79 to $3,239.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.78% or 0.48 to hit $61.05 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.52 to trade at $64.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP fell 0.87% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 99.89.