Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Engineering, Gas & Water and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.59%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO), which rose 3.60% or 0.99 points to trade at 28.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) added 2.31% or 0.32 points to end at 14.17 and Bouygues SA (PARIS:BOUY) was up 2.05% or 0.69 points to 34.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electricite de France SA (PARIS:EDF), which fell 0.53% or 0.10 points to trade at 17.73 at the close. Technip (PARIS:TECF) declined 0.45% or 0.21 points to end at 46.56 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PARIS:ESSI) was down 0.37% or 0.40 points to 107.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) which rose 3.60% to 28.61, Eiffage (PARIS:FOUG) which was up 2.96% to settle at 56.96 and Ipsos (PARIS:ISOS) which gained 2.84% to close at 19.73.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 4.01% to 10.18 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PARIS:KORI) which lost 3.54% to settle at 29.995 and Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was down 3.53% to 32.23 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 355 to 352 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electricite de France SA (PARIS:EDF) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.53% or 0.10 to 17.73. Shares in Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.01% or 0.42 to 10.18.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.55% to 33.45.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 2.80 to $1118.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.50% or 1.61 to hit $44.44 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.66% or 1.81 to trade at $47.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1166, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7305.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.15.