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 rose 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 3.24% or 2.12 points to trade at 67.50 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.59% or 0.342 points to end at 13.536 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 2.48% or 0.94 points to 38.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 2.02% or 2.85 points to trade at 138.00 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.97% or 0.50 points to end at 24.92 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was down 1.20% or 2.90 points to 237.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which rose 6.20% to 133.60, Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which was up 4.80% to settle at 37.52 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which gained 4.67% to close at 24.67.
The worst performers were Edenred SA (PA:EDEN) which was down 3.97% to 42.58 in late trade, Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which lost 2.44% to settle at 12.37 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which was down 2.30% to 70.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 319 to 245 and 94 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.01% to 14.66.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 6.45 to $1487.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.00% or 0.54 to hit $53.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.69 to trade at $58.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1152, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8593.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.023.