Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.11% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 2.99% or 2.70 points to trade at 92.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.18% or 0.260 points to end at 12.200 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.44% or 0.49 points to 34.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which fell 1.87% or 1.95 points to trade at 102.60 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 1.18% or 0.190 points to end at 15.865 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.18% or 0.26 points to 21.77.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies SA (PA:ALTT) which rose 3.41% to 10.770, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.01% to settle at 12.48 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which gained 2.99% to close at 92.96.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.58% to 1.700 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 2.19% to settle at 18.290 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.07% to 14.88 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 338 to 235 and 94 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.12% to 11.61 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.21% or 2.75 to $1292.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.91% or 0.58 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.44 to trade at $71.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8627.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.510.