Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.15% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 4.80% or 5.15 points to trade at 112.45 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.33% or 0.470 points to end at 20.680 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.64% or 0.230 points to 14.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which fell 1.83% or 0.71 points to trade at 38.10 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 1.38% or 1.39 points to end at 99.26 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 1.08% or 0.17 points to 15.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 11.63% to 52.400, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 6.38% to settle at 3.37 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which gained 6.23% to close at 14.66.
The worst performers were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was down 4.08% to 134.10 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 2.09% to settle at 56.150 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 1.94% to 121.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 308 to 275 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.33% or 0.470 to 20.680.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.85% to 13.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.65% or 9.85 to $1495.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.45% or 0.82 to hit $55.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.78 to trade at $61.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1102, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 97.495.