Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Beverage, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.35%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR), which rose 1.68% or 1.02 points to trade at 61.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP) added 1.64% or 1.85 points to end at 114.40 and Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) was up 1.41% or 2.05 points to 147.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay (BRU:SOLB), which fell 0.91% or 1.15 points to trade at 124.85 at the close. Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY) declined 0.91% or 0.33 points to end at 35.52 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was down 0.76% or 0.14 points to 18.86.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PARIS:IPN) which rose 2.84% to 50.01, Orpea (PARIS:ORP) which was up 2.43% to settle at 65.73 and Tarkett (PARIS:TKTT) which gained 2.14% to close at 24.11.
The worst performers were Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which was down 3.45% to 34.83 in late trade, Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which lost 2.68% to settle at 14.510 and Alten (PARIS:LTEN) which was down 2.08% to 41.98 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 458 to 449 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Orpea (PARIS:ORP) rose to all time highs; rising 2.43% or 1.56 to 65.73.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.11% to 23.41.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1191.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.23% or 0.74 to hit $59.56 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 1.03 to trade at $64.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.0912, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.7185.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 97.61.