Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 3.46% or 0.54 points to trade at 16.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.96% or 0.24 points to end at 12.49 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.71% or 1.10 points to 65.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 1.45% or 1.70 points to trade at 115.70 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.52% or 0.22 points to end at 42.24 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 0.48% or 0.18 points to 37.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 4.24% to 59.00, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was up 3.91% to settle at 30.30 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 3.87% to close at 111.45.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 2.75% to 7.780 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 1.53% to settle at 16.70 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.47% to 63.750 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 289 to 282 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.75% or 0.220 to 7.780.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.07% to 14.87.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1201.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.36 to trade at $77.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1600, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.09.