Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Oil & Gas Producers and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PARIS:TOTF), which rose 3.30% or 1.50 points to trade at 47.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PARIS:TECF) added 2.80% or 1.46 points to end at 53.61 and Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) was up 2.14% or 0.59 points to 28.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gemalto (AMS:GTO), which fell 2.26% or 1.46 points to trade at 62.97 at the close. Essilor International (PARIS:ESSI) declined 1.55% or 1.54 points to end at 97.53 and Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) was down 1.29% or 0.040 points to 3.054.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which rose 12.12% to 5.57, Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was up 7.16% to settle at 9.880 and Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which gained 6.14% to close at 7.61.
The worst performers were Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which was down 3.57% to 44.550 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PARIS:AIRF) which lost 3.15% to settle at 7.600 and Hermes International SCA (PARIS:HRMS) which was down 2.68% to 292.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 467 to 445 and 42 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.85% to 22.33.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.15% or 1.90 to $1277.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 1.84% or 0.89 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.25 to trade at $54.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1338, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7548.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 94.78.