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 0.96% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which rose 4.23% or 0.93 points to trade at 22.80 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 3.04% or 4.84 points to end at 164.00 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 2.59% or 0.41 points to 16.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.77% or 0.52 points to trade at 28.86 at the close. Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) declined 1.04% or 1.52 points to end at 145.06 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was down 0.97% or 0.50 points to 50.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 5.75% to 20.40, AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which was up 4.23% to settle at 22.80 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 4.03% to close at 4.08.
The worst performers were Neoen SA (PA:NEOEN) which was down 7.32% to 33.94 in late trade, Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which lost 7.28% to settle at 15.80 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 4.06% to 19.16 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 342 to 247 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) rose to all time highs; up 3.04% or 4.84 to 164.00.
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 0.05% or 0.95 to $1818.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.29% or 3.17 to hit $70.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.83% or 2.89 to trade at $72.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1873, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8551.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 92.050.