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 0.80%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 2.17% or 13.80 points to trade at 648.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.87% or 0.29 points to end at 15.82 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) was up 1.79% or 22.50 points to 1277.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO), which fell 1.47% or 0.51 points to trade at 34.11 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 0.95% or 0.28 points to end at 29.31 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was down 0.84% or 0.38 points to 44.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (PA:VLS) which rose 11.28% to 22.500, Arkema SA (PA:AKE) which was up 2.65% to settle at 114.30 and SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which gained 2.60% to close at 26.09.
The worst performers were Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 4.33% to 19.67 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 3.72% to settle at 9.11 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.71% to 7.400 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 345 to 262 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.47% or 0.51 to 34.11. Shares in Valneva (PA:VLS) rose to all time highs; gaining 11.28% or 2.280 to 22.500. Shares in Arkema SA (PA:AKE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.65% or 2.95 to 114.30.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 9.35 to $1824.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.62% or 0.43 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.45 to trade at $72.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1866, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8581.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 92.237.