Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.32% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.46% or 0.20 points to trade at 14.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 1.44% or 1.21 points to end at 85.15 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was up 1.40% or 0.071 points to 5.130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 0.77% or 0.155 points to trade at 20.035 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 0.51% or 0.022 points to end at 4.257 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was down 0.40% or 0.34 points to 85.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PA:GEPH) which rose 4.41% to 0.7100, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 2.28% to settle at 20.39 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.19% to close at 30.39.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 3.54% to 119.75 in late trade, Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which lost 2.70% to settle at 117.00 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 1.35% to 4.400 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 400 to 273 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in BIC (PA:BICP) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.54% or 4.40 to 119.75.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.09% to 19.44.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.