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 0.26% to hit a new all time high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.39% or 0.95 points to trade at 28.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) added 2.38% or 2.38 points to end at 102.24 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) was up 1.31% or 0.41 points to 31.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which fell 6.35% or 2.26 points to trade at 33.33 at the close. Worldline SA (PA:WLN) declined 2.76% or 1.47 points to end at 51.87 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 1.53% or 0.17 points to 10.94.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which rose 4.49% to 71.05, Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which was up 4.13% to settle at 7.57 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 3.39% to close at 28.95.
The worst performers were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was down 6.35% to 33.33 in late trade, Covivio SA (PA:CVO) which lost 2.83% to settle at 74.92 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 2.77% to 24.56 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 316 to 298 and 97 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 6.55 to $1823.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.52% or 0.42 to hit $81.69 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.43 to trade at $83.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.8546.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 94.032.