Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 1.56% or 0.23 points to trade at 15.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 1.52% or 1.70 points to end at 113.75 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.16% or 0.325 points to 28.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 6.95% or 3.31 points to trade at 44.29 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 3.88% or 1.07 points to end at 26.49 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 1.30% or 1.35 points to 102.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 5.47% to 7.364, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.21% to settle at 15.74 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which gained 2.90% to close at 17.05.
The worst performers were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 6.95% to 44.29 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.88% to settle at 26.49 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.74% to 149.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 352 to 234 and 82 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.75% to 13.62.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1297.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.20% or 0.79 to hit $65.02 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.01 to trade at $75.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1688, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.06.