Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banks, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.09%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN), which rose 4.60% or 1.66 points to trade at 37.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 4.21% or 0.36 points to end at 8.90 and Gemalto (AMS:GTO) was up 3.75% or 2.37 points to 65.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP), which fell 2.00% or 2.15 points to trade at 105.55 at the close. L'Oreal (PARIS:OREP) declined 1.24% or 1.95 points to end at 155.75 and GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) was down 0.68% or 0.14 points to 19.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which rose 7.71% to 22.14, Iliad (PARIS:ILD) which was up 4.63% to settle at 214.50 and Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) which gained 4.60% to close at 37.66.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was down 2.43% to 9.640 in late trade, Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP) which lost 2.00% to settle at 105.55 and Hermes International SCA (PARIS:HRMS) which was down 1.40% to 288.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 632 to 276 and 46 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.41% to 21.57.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.41% or 18.00 to $1258.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 3.17% or 1.57 to hit $51.14 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.60% or 1.43 to trade at $56.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.16% to 1.1474, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7577.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.01% at 93.86.