Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Engineering, Banking and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO), which rose 7.20% or 1.86 points to trade at 27.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR) added 2.10% or 0.265 points to end at 12.880 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PARIS:LHN) was up 1.71% or 1.03 points to 61.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 1.47% or 0.72 points to trade at 48.45 at the close. Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) declined 1.32% or 1.10 points to end at 82.15 and Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) was down 0.88% or 0.49 points to 55.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) which rose 7.20% to 27.76, Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR) which was up 2.10% to settle at 12.880 and Suez Environnement (PARIS:SEVI) which gained 2.04% to close at 17.240.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PARIS:INGC) which was down 2.43% to 124.50 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PARIS:CASP) which lost 1.51% to settle at 63.90 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was down 1.47% to 48.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 420 to 379 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Casino Guichard (PARIS:CASP) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.51% or 0.98 to 63.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.41% to 21.34.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.50 to $1118.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.53% or 0.23 to hit $42.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.15 to trade at $49.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1080, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7106.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.80.