Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.20%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 3.51% or 7.30 points to trade at 215.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 2.64% or 0.97 points to end at 37.88 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 2.34% or 1.10 points to 48.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.02% or 0.01 points to trade at 20.41 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 0.26% or 0.11 points to end at 42.86 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.29% or 0.07 points to 22.49.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which rose 3.51% to 215.45, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 3.47% to settle at 24.740 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 3.20% to close at 29.210.
The worst performers were CNP Assurances (PA:CNPP) which was down 1.48% to 19.905 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 1.15% to settle at 3.100 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 0.35% to 34.360 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 429 to 153 and 86 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 21.59% to 14.40.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.24% or 3.14 to $1290.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.50% or 0.73 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 0.90 to trade at $51.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1788, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.9080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.25.