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 0.45%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.59% or 0.194 points to trade at 12.402 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 1.48% or 0.28 points to end at 19.18 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.32% or 1.26 points to 96.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 0.93% or 1.20 points to trade at 128.00 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) declined 0.78% or 4.80 points to end at 609.00 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was down 0.53% or 1.90 points to 353.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which rose 2.35% to 10.87, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 2.23% to settle at 59.600 and Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which gained 2.14% to close at 26.250.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 3.01% to 12.87 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 2.57% to settle at 0.795 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 2.00% to 73.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 284 to 259 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tarkett (PA:TKTT) fell to all time lows; falling 3.01% or 0.40 to 12.87.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.52% to 19.80.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.05 to $1538.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.44 to trade at $58.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1109, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.9084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 97.907.