Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.34%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 4.46% or 0.602 points to trade at 14.086 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.11% or 0.61 points to end at 20.22 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.59% or 1.39 points to 55.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which fell 2.86% or 0.96 points to trade at 32.60 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.30% or 1.02 points to end at 77.30 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.87% or 0.12 points to 13.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 4.46% to 14.086, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 4.14% to settle at 2.312 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 3.44% to close at 36.07.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.26% to 356.60 in late trade, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) which lost 2.86% to settle at 32.60 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 2.00% to 68.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 374 to 195 and 95 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.36% to 14.61.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.10% or 14.85 to $1331.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.50 to trade at $62.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1319, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 96.705.