Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which rose 2.84% or 2.24 points to trade at 81.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 2.45% or 2.75 points to end at 115.00 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 2.43% or 0.34 points to 14.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 12.14% or 0.56 points to trade at 4.08 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 2.52% or 1.20 points to end at 46.25 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 2.00% or 0.86 points to 42.08.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) which rose 2.84% to 81.13, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 2.82% to settle at 5.717 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which gained 2.72% to close at 52.88.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 12.14% to 4.08 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 9.34% to settle at 3.43 and Aperam (AS:APAM) which was down 5.27% to 32.34 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 370 to 272 and 118 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.40% to 23.34.
Gold for June delivery was down 2.12% or 27.45 to $1266.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.64% or 1.18 to hit $43.48 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.59% or 1.63 to trade at $43.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1398, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7913.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 94.06.