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 added 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 3.00% or 37.00 points to trade at 1270.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 2.96% or 19.30 points to end at 671.80 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 2.68% or 16.60 points to 636.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 1.28% or 1.16 points to trade at 89.57 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.10% or 0.80 points to end at 71.98 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 0.50% or 0.52 points to 104.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which rose 7.04% to 7.68, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 5.77% to settle at 7.235 and Valneva (PA:VLS) which gained 5.22% to close at 12.900.
The worst performers were La Francaise Des Jeux Sa (PA:FDJ) which was down 1.72% to 42.31 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 1.28% to settle at 89.57 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which was down 1.22% to 73.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 393 to 210 and 88 ended unchanged.
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 up 1.31% or 23.45 to $1807.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 5.55% or 3.45 to hit $65.59 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 5.41% or 3.50 to trade at $68.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1731, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8552.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 93.093.