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 rose 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.11% or 2.58 points to trade at 125.00 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.05% or 0.41 points to end at 20.45 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.63% or 2.00 points to 124.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.36% or 0.198 points to trade at 14.374 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.00% or 0.13 points to end at 12.82 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 0.92% or 1.25 points to 134.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 2.56% to 18.050, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was up 2.47% to settle at 76.65 and Thales (PA:TCFP) which gained 2.42% to close at 108.00.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 4.86% to 46.62 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 4.27% to settle at 7.886 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 3.33% to 98.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 280 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; rising 2.11% or 2.58 to 125.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.14% to 13.97 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.05 to $1343.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $52.25 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.60 to trade at $61.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.975.