Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.24% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 3.02% or 0.82 points to trade at 28.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 2.74% or 0.61 points to end at 22.89 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 2.70% or 13.40 points to 509.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which fell 1.40% or 0.73 points to trade at 51.54 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 1.37% or 0.45 points to end at 32.33 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.01% or 0.88 points to 85.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which rose 5.01% to 41.92, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which was up 3.57% to settle at 25.51 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which gained 3.07% to close at 27.50.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.02% to 1.187 in late trade, ICADE (PA:ICAD) which lost 2.79% to settle at 74.90 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 1.86% to 35.840 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 318 to 240 and 104 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.94% to 13.03.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 5.15 to $1306.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $59.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.19 to trade at $67.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1354, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8553.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.828.