Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.85%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 2.80% or 0.570 points to trade at 20.920 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) added 2.45% or 3.60 points to end at 150.80 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 2.12% or 1.46 points to 70.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PA:TECF), which fell 3.05% or 1.47 points to trade at 46.67 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.21% or 0.117 points to end at 9.555 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 0.89% or 0.35 points to 38.83.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable Pr (PA:NUME) which rose 4.64% to 38.100, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was up 3.24% to settle at 16.89 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which gained 2.80% to close at 20.920.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 6.90% to 24.550 in late trade, CGG (PA:GEPH) which lost 4.41% to settle at 0.65 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.17% to 5.29 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 358 to 325 and 94 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.42% to 23.35.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.57% or 19.20 to $1241.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.39% or 0.94 to hit $38.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 0.82 to trade at $40.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1259, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.7838.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 95.42.