Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Aerospace & Defense, Personal Goods and Technology Hardware & Equipment Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.96%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH), which rose 3.69% or 5.55 points to trade at 156.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) added 3.34% or 4.15 points to end at 128.40 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was up 3.11% or 1.50 points to 49.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Michelin (PARIS:MICP), which fell 2.56% or 2.21 points to trade at 84.13 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 1.56% or 0.14 points to end at 8.88 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was down 1.25% or 0.60 points to 47.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Thales (PARIS:TCFP) which rose 3.72% to 50.83, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH) which was up 3.69% to settle at 156.15 and Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) which gained 3.34% to close at 128.40.
The worst performers were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which was down 13.48% to 0.661 in late trade, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which lost 3.36% to settle at 5.98 and Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which was down 3.35% to 8.19 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 575 to 330 and 54 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.15% to 22.83.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.60% or 7.50 to $1234.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 3.69% or 1.95 to hit $50.91 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 1.76% or 1.04 to trade at $58.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1319, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7417.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 94.78.