Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.60%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO), which rose 2.37% or 0.31 points to trade at 13.42 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.09% or 0.42 points to end at 20.50 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) was up 1.88% or 0.40 points to 21.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW), which fell 1.07% or 0.54 points to trade at 50.00 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP) declined 0.82% or 0.58 points to end at 69.78 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE) was down 0.41% or 0.11 points to 26.92.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which rose 10.01% to 2.22, Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which was up 6.43% to settle at 1.99 and CGG SA (EPA:GEPH) which gained 3.74% to close at 0.68.
The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was down 14.46% to 0.95 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which lost 3.96% to settle at 6.25 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 3.90% to 3.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 281 to 221 and 108 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 12.45 to $1,950.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.43% or 1.10 to hit $78.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.45% or 1.18 to trade at $82.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 105.51.