Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.20%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 2.04% or 1.04 points to trade at 52.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 1.43% or 0.93 points to end at 65.95 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.19% or 0.56 points to 48.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 1.30% or 0.24 points to trade at 18.16 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.21% or 0.26 points to end at 20.73 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 0.93% or 0.60 points to 64.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 7.29% to 39.32, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 3.49% to settle at 12.015 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which gained 3.11% to close at 33.30.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 19.73% to 44.15 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which lost 4.27% to settle at 59.16 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 3.42% to 25.690 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 356 to 231 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gemalto (AS:GTO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 19.73% or 10.85 to 44.15.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.63% to 14.55.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.00% or 0.02 to $1254.92 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.01% or 0.46 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.43 to trade at $48.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1634, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.88.