Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Leisure Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN), which rose 2.45% or 1.10 points to trade at 45.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International (PARIS:ESSI) added 1.83% or 2.00 points to end at 111.25 and BNP Paribas Act. A (PARIS:BNPP) was up 1.74% or 0.96 points to 56.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA), which fell 1.11% or 0.041 points to trade at 3.660 at the close. Alstom (PARIS:ALSO) declined 0.67% or 0.20 points to end at 28.82 and Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP) was down 0.65% or 0.47 points to 72.34.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 7.75% to 46.250, Teleperformance (PARIS:ROCH) which was up 5.83% to settle at 65.89 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which gained 3.64% to close at 25.77.
The worst performers were Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which was down 2.78% to 38.25 in late trade, Coface (PARIS:COFA) which lost 2.28% to settle at 11.13 and SES (PARIS:SESFd) which was down 1.55% to 32.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 565 to 330 and 58 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.96% to 21.00.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.76% or 9.10 to $1194.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.99% or 0.57 to hit $57.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.17 to trade at $63.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.0756, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.7218.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 98.03.