Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Technology Hardware & Equipment Financial and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.98%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which rose 3.68% or 0.56 points to trade at 15.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) added 3.43% or 0.12 points to end at 3.524 and Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) was up 3.37% or 4.67 points to 143.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which fell 1.93% or 1.19 points to trade at 60.41 at the close. Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) declined 0.58% or 0.105 points to end at 17.965 and Danone SA (PARIS:DANO) was down 0.21% or 0.13 points to 62.79.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 15.79% to 32.780, Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was up 5.11% to settle at 67.305 and Vicat (PARIS:VCTP) which gained 4.04% to close at 67.94.
The worst performers were Korian (PARIS:KORI) which was down 3.82% to 31.750 in late trade, Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) which lost 1.93% to settle at 60.41 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 1.72% to 5.29 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 600 to 305 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vicat (PARIS:VCTP) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 4.04% or 2.64 to 67.94.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.79% to 19.05.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.33% or 16.00 to $1184.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.08% or 0.53 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.84 to trade at $55.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.0824, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.7308.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 98.26.