Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 1.30% or 1.45 points to trade at 113.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.17% or 0.51 points to end at 44.15 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.17% or 1.20 points to 103.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 2.43% or 2.40 points to trade at 96.35 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.35% or 0.32 points to end at 23.30 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 1.13% or 0.22 points to 19.76.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 3.37% to 14.11, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 2.32% to settle at 39.620 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.21% to close at 53.20.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.07% to 1.263 in late trade, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which lost 2.95% to settle at 40.83 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 2.70% to 52.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 307 to 247 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Technicolor (PA:TCH) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.07% or 0.040 to 1.263. Shares in Nexans (PA:NEXS) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.95% or 1.24 to 40.83.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.78% to 16.01.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.19% or 2.60 to $1338.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.06% or 1.28 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.03% or 1.36 to trade at $68.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2325, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.54.