Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Media and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.67% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN), which rose 2.64% or 0.39 points to trade at 15.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) added 2.50% or 1.09 points to end at 44.83 and Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) was up 2.37% or 0.96 points to 41.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 1.57% or 0.94 points to trade at 58.97 at the close. Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) declined 1.02% or 0.33 points to end at 31.56 and Kering (PARIS:PRTP) was down 0.90% or 1.70 points to 188.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PARIS:RUBF) which rose 5.29% to 60.94, Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) which was up 4.16% to settle at 6.229 and Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which gained 3.09% to close at 10.680.
The worst performers were Virbac (PARIS:VIRB) which was down 2.35% to 226.20 in late trade, Euler Hermes (PARIS:ELER) which lost 1.59% to settle at 102.15 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was down 1.57% to 58.97 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 519 to 387 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rubis (PARIS:RUBF) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 5.29% or 3.06 to 60.94. Shares in Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) rose to 3-year highs; rising 4.16% or 0.249 to 6.229.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.42% to 16.61.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.31% or 3.70 to $1191.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.53% or 0.25 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.65 to trade at $55.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.0919, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.7346.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.42.