Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Personal Goods and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.16%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which rose 2.86% or 1.05 points to trade at 37.83 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP) added 2.35% or 1.48 points to end at 64.53 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) was up 2.05% or 3.95 points to 196.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (EPA:ACCP), which fell 2.02% or 0.77 points to trade at 37.35 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) declined 0.76% or 0.56 points to end at 72.84 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) was down 0.64% or 0.07 points to 10.13.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which rose 5.74% to 3.46, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC) which was up 5.02% to settle at 30.35 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which gained 4.74% to close at 1.75.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 3.44% to 1.09 in late trade, Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) which lost 2.02% to settle at 37.35 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which was down 2.01% to 3.12 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 180 and 104 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 August delivery was down 0.36% or 8.70 to $2,390.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.52% or 0.41 to hit $78.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.41 to trade at $82.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 104.12.