Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.90%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.99% or 0.535 points to trade at 18.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 2.46% or 2.70 points to end at 112.50 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 2.44% or 1.65 points to 69.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which fell 1.19% or 0.17 points to trade at 14.56 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 0.94% or 0.180 points to end at 19.060 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.11% or 0.01 points to 14.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 7.02% to 55.670, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 3.14% to settle at 13.975 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 3.06% to close at 51.450.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 1.64% to 31.575 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 1.41% to settle at 22.39 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.41% to 5.536 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 383 to 236 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.06% or 1.530 to 51.450.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.36% to 12.95.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.54% or 6.83 to $1249.67 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.80% or 0.36 to hit $44.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.34 to trade at $47.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1162, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.14.