Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 3.78% or 0.51 points to trade at 13.88 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.70% or 0.11 points to end at 4.18 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 2.46% or 3.35 points to 139.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 7.22% or 0.363 points to trade at 4.666 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.96% or 1.41 points to end at 70.40 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 1.03% or 0.17 points to 16.77.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Saft (PA:S1A) which rose 40.57% to 37.11, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 3.93% to settle at 19.84 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.78% to close at 13.88.
The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 7.22% to 4.666 in late trade, Natixis (PA:CNAT) which lost 6.91% to settle at 4.083 and Suez Environnement (PA:SEVI) which was down 5.26% to 15.300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 382 to 258 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) fell to all time lows; falling 7.22% or 0.363 to 4.666. Shares in Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) fell to all time lows; falling 7.22% or 0.363 to 4.666.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.89% to 22.43.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.35 to $1262.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.37% or 1.03 to hit $44.47 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.78% or 1.65 to trade at $45.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.7881.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.18.