Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.60%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group (PA:AIR), which rose 4.42% or 2.44 points to trade at 57.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 2.35% or 0.27 points to end at 11.52 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 2.23% or 1.39 points to 63.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 1.09% or 0.20 points to trade at 18.16 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 0.88% or 0.90 points to end at 101.80 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 0.78% or 0.39 points to 49.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 8.28% to 4.945, Airbus Group (PA:AIR) which was up 4.42% to settle at 57.68 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 3.85% to close at 19.55.
The worst performers were JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 2.55% to 24.60 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 2.44% to settle at 12.8000 and Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was down 1.88% to 8.091 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 352 to 334 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in CGG SA (PA:GEPH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.44% or 0.3200 to 12.8000. Shares in Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.88% or 0.155 to 8.091.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.36% to 19.36.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.41% or 4.95 to $1213.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.18% or 1.94 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.40% or 2.06 to trade at $48.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.0606, while EUR/GBP fell 1.15% to 0.8493.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 101.11.