Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 3.08% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 3.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 11.68% or 2.69 points to trade at 25.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) added 9.86% or 3.86 points to end at 42.99 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 8.33% or 2.00 points to 26.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thales (PA:TCFP), which fell 5.00% or 5.90 points to trade at 112.05 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 2.23% or 2.10 points to end at 92.00 and TotalEnergies SE (PA:TTEF) was down 1.88% or 0.88 points to 45.81.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Faurecia (PA:EPED) which rose 17.25% to 26.58, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 15.76% to settle at 17.93 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) which gained 11.68% to close at 25.73.
The worst performers were Thales (PA:TCFP) which was down 5.00% to 112.05 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 2.23% to settle at 92.00 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.01% to 11.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 416 to 154 and 71 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.34% or 25.95 to $1,913.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.03% or 3.21 to hit $102.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.94% or 3.22 to trade at $106.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.93% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP rose 0.95% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 98.50.