Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Healthcare and Construction & Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.79%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF), which rose 1.91% or 1.13 points to trade at 60.33 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) added 1.90% or 0.47 points to end at 25.20 and Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) was up 1.74% or 0.26 points to 15.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PARIS:AIR), which fell 0.56% or 0.37 points to trade at 66.13 at the close. Technip (PARIS:TECF) declined 0.47% or 0.23 points to end at 49.94 and Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) was down 0.39% or 0.50 points to 126.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were JC Decaux SA (PARIS:JCDX) which rose 2.96% to 34.45, Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which was up 2.53% to settle at 89.200 and Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which gained 2.25% to close at 60.01.
The worst performers were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which was down 2.31% to 0.380 in late trade, Elior (PARIS:ELIOR) which lost 1.20% to settle at 18.16 and Coface (PARIS:COFA) which was down 0.96% to 9.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 469 to 331 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vinci SA (PARIS:SGEF) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.91% or 1.13 to 60.33. Shares in AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.90% or 0.47 to 25.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.60% to 17.29.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.08% or 11.80 to $1105.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.85% or 0.81 to hit $44.68 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.71% or 1.33 to trade at $50.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1000, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.7057.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 97.33.