Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.31% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 3.08% or 1.17 points to trade at 39.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.77% or 0.66 points to end at 24.51 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was up 2.52% or 0.12 points to 4.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which fell 6.26% or 3.71 points to trade at 55.52 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.95% or 0.95 points to end at 47.75 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.15% or 0.75 points to 64.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Adocia (PA:ADOC) which rose 7.81% to 61.730, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 3.70% to settle at 37.57 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 3.61% to close at 57.070.
The worst performers were Safran SA (PA:SAF) which was down 6.26% to 55.52 in late trade, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which lost 1.99% to settle at 64.01 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 1.95% to 47.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 454 to 210 and 133 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.78% to 21.68 a new 1-month low.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.22% or 15.40 to $1244.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.38% or 1.30 to hit $37.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.98% or 0.80 to trade at $39.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1094, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7750.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 96.62.