Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software, Technology and Construction & Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.26% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN), which rose 3.27% or 0.51 points to trade at 15.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF) added 2.76% or 1.52 points to end at 56.56 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was up 1.42% or 0.88 points to 62.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which fell 1.60% or 0.14 points to trade at 8.88 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) declined 1.21% or 3.10 points to end at 253.70 and Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) was down 1.11% or 1.60 points to 142.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 8.85% to 34.930, Iliad (PARIS:ILD) which was up 4.35% to settle at 225.65 and Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) which gained 3.27% to close at 15.96.
The worst performers were Ipsen (PARIS:IPN) which was down 3.15% to 45.00 in late trade, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which lost 2.76% to settle at 0.634 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 1.96% to 6.11 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 514 to 410 and 48 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.86% to 16.81.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.43% or 5.20 to $1199.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $51.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.15 to trade at $59.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.0583, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.7211.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 99.71.