Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.12%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which rose 4.89% or 5.95 points to trade at 127.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 4.18% or 4.50 points to end at 112.12 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 3.12% or 3.85 points to 127.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which fell 3.16% or 0.79 points to trade at 24.23 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 2.34% or 0.60 points to end at 25.04 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 2.34% or 0.24 points to 10.22.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) which rose 4.89% to 127.65, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 4.52% to settle at 84.35 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 4.52% to close at 14.80.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 4.92% to 11.30 in late trade, Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which lost 3.68% to settle at 56.25 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 3.18% to 3.47 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 429 to 166 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Renault SA (PA:RENA) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.34% or 0.60 to 25.04. Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.92% or 0.58 to 11.30. Shares in Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.68% or 2.15 to 56.25.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.19% to 28.98.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 3.25% or 51.90 to $1646.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.05% or 0.49 to hit $47.24 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.27 to trade at $52.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1159, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.218.