Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.95%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which rose 5.75% or 3.78 points to trade at 69.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR) added 4.08% or 0.430 points to end at 10.980 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 3.93% or 0.53 points to 14.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF), which fell 0.97% or 0.57 points to trade at 58.20 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PARIS:CAPP) declined 0.63% or 0.51 points to end at 80.41 and Sanofi SA (PARIS:SASY) was down 0.37% or 0.32 points to 87.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 13.75% to 0.273, Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which was up 8.42% to settle at 19.900 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which gained 7.69% to close at 3.54.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PARIS:DBV) which was down 5.52% to 64.500 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PARIS:KORI) which lost 2.80% to settle at 33.265 and Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which was down 2.16% to 74.210 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 468 to 245 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 8.42% or 1.545 to 19.900.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.06% to 25.21 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.87% or 9.90 to $1147.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.13% or 1.91 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 4.76% or 2.35 to trade at $51.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.1271, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.7400.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.69% at 95.56.