Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.53%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 4.37% or 3.09 points to trade at 73.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 3.44% or 1.44 points to end at 43.16 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.23% or 1.37 points to 62.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which fell 13.45% or 4.72 points to trade at 30.41 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 6.17% or 0.95 points to end at 14.45 and Technip (PA:TECF) was down 1.62% or 0.77 points to 46.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which rose 4.37% to 73.84, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.87% to settle at 10.05 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which gained 3.44% to close at 43.16.
The worst performers were Numericable SFR SA (PA:NUME) which was down 17.99% to 29.900 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 15.10% to settle at 190.00 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was down 13.45% to 30.41 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 387 to 279 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.45% or 4.72 to 30.41. Shares in Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.45% or 4.72 to 30.41.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.86% to 22.90.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.47% or 5.80 to $1217.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.20% or 0.44 to hit $36.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 0.49 to trade at $38.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7981.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.52.