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 rose 1.57%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 4.97% or 4.77 points to trade at 100.68 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 4.83% or 2.94 points to end at 63.76 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 4.25% or 22.30 points to 547.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 1.78% or 0.57 points to trade at 31.40 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 0.66% or 0.10 points to end at 14.35 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.62% or 0.07 points to 12.01.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technip Energies BV (PA:TE) which rose 9.17% to 11.66, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was up 5.49% to settle at 142.10 and Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which gained 5.40% to close at 29.30.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 8.02% to 37.275 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 3.01% to settle at 25.78 and Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which was down 2.41% to 62.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 443 to 155 and 76 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.20% or 3.40 to $1725.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.43% or 0.88 to hit $60.62 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.59 to trade at $63.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2042, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 91.082.