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 gained 0.45%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.63% or 9.20 points to trade at 574.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 1.50% or 2.05 points to end at 138.75 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.49% or 0.58 points to 39.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which fell 2.41% or 0.54 points to trade at 21.70 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.94% or 1.00 points to end at 50.67 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 1.18% or 0.38 points to 31.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.04% to 30.200, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was up 2.75% to settle at 69.10 and Valneva (PA:VLS) which gained 2.14% to close at 10.500.
The worst performers were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was down 3.22% to 30.10 in late trade, Albioma SA (PA:ABIO) which lost 2.98% to settle at 40.75 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 2.44% to 20.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 326 to 263 and 92 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.17% or 20.35 to $1711.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.33% or 0.20 to hit $61.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $64.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1778, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.845.