Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Real Estate and Personal Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 2.09%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.98%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which rose 5.12% or 4.70 points to trade at 96.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) added 3.77% or 9.00 points to end at 247.90 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 3.66% or 0.83 points to 23.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 2.06% or 1.28 points to trade at 60.95 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 0.44% or 0.04 points to end at 10.08 and EDF (PARIS:EDF) was up 0.71% or 0.16 points to 22.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 8.33% to 40.000, Plastic Omnium (PARIS:PLOF) which was up 6.16% to settle at 26.64 and Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) which gained 5.12% to close at 96.51.
The worst performers were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 4.31% to 6.46 in late trade, Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which lost 3.75% to settle at 0.770 and Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which was down 3.24% to 7.47 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 577 to 328 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) fell to all time lows; losing 3.75% or 0.030 to 0.770.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.54% to 19.41 a new 1-month low.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.63% or 20.00 to $1207.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.04% or 1.83 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.86% or 1.90 to trade at $64.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.54% to 1.1140, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7186.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.25% at 95.41.