Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.68% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.58% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 2.33% or 2.22 points to end at 97.46 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 1.98% or 0.91 points to 46.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.06% or 1.21 points to trade at 112.14 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.03% or 1.20 points to end at 115.60 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.02% or 0.28 points to 27.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 9.08% to 1.357, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 5.83% to settle at 89.000 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 4.02% to close at 10.350.
The worst performers were Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was down 5.91% to 75.60 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 3.92% to settle at 24.48 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.35% to 144.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 341 to 229 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; rising 2.33% or 2.22 to 97.46.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.69% to 12.70.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 5.90 to $1317.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.72% or 0.49 to hit $68.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.65% or 1.22 to trade at $75.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.2096, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 91.52.