Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 2.39% or 1.14 points to trade at 48.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.99% or 9.50 points to end at 486.00 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.90% or 0.49 points to 26.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 1.30% or 0.94 points to trade at 71.56 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.24% or 0.81 points to end at 64.94 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 1.20% or 1.25 points to 102.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 6.38% to 2.234, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 6.34% to settle at 7.342 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 5.12% to close at 5.340.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 3.40% to 51.15 in late trade, Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which lost 1.54% to settle at 17.25 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 1.30% to 71.56 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 238 and 100 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.15% to 12.64.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.90 to $1260.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.78 to trade at $77.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1745, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8882.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.84.