Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.56%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (EPA: OREP ), which rose 6.30% or 21.55 points to trade at 363.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (EPA: CARR ) added 3.45% or 0.46 points to end at 13.66 and Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ) was up 3.31% or 5.44 points to 169.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Schneider Electric SE (EPA: SCHN ), which fell 2.78% or 5.70 points to trade at 199.60 at the close. Legrand SA (EPA: LEGD ) declined 1.64% or 1.54 points to end at 92.12 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA: SGOB ) was down 0.76% or 0.66 points to 85.92.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were L’Oreal SA (EPA: OREP ) which rose 6.30% to 363.40, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA: STDM ) which was up 3.93% to settle at 194.50 and Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV ) which gained 3.83% to close at 2.57.

The worst performers were Emeis SA (EPA: EMEIS ) which was down 13.87% to 10.00 in late trade, Clariane SE (EPA: CLARI ) which lost 12.39% to settle at 3.62 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which was down 4.97% to 3.73 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 244 to 236 and 100 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 June delivery was up 0.04% or 1.36 to $3,426.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.00% or 1.87 to hit $64.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.54% or 1.68 to trade at $67.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.46% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 98.36.