Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 3.00% or 13.70 points to trade at 470.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 2.83% or 1.08 points to end at 39.28 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.22% or 0.52 points to 23.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 0.27% or 0.04 points to trade at 13.03 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 0.11% or 0.08 points to end at 74.62 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was down 0.08% or 0.10 points to 124.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 8.91% to 129.60, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 4.53% to settle at 57.70 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 3.94% to close at 52.70.
The worst performers were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 1.71% to 16.07 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 1.10% to settle at 14.32 and Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 0.97% to 51.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 347 to 222 and 103 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.74% to 12.63.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.70 to $1217.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $76.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.9061.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.63.