Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.30% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP), which rose 7.87% or 6.17 points to trade at 84.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 3.39% or 0.32 points to end at 9.88 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was up 2.43% or 1.17 points to 49.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP), which fell 0.30% or 0.35 points to trade at 116.90 at the close. Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) declined 0.16% or 0.006 points to end at 3.695 and Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) was down 0.04% or 0.04 points to 97.04.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which rose 16.85% to 15.600, Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) which was up 7.87% to settle at 84.54 and SEB SA (PARIS:SEBF) which gained 5.06% to close at 87.03.
The worst performers were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 5.58% to 37.770 in late trade, Korian (PARIS:KORI) which lost 1.43% to settle at 31.000 and Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which was down 1.14% to 0.870 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 561 to 347 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) rose to 5-year highs; up 7.87% or 6.17 to 84.54. Shares in Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) rose to all time highs; rising 16.85% or 2.250 to 15.600. Shares in Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) rose to 5-year highs; up 7.87% or 6.17 to 84.54. Shares in SEB SA (PARIS:SEBF) rose to all time highs; up 5.06% or 4.19 to 87.03.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.58% to 19.91.
Gold for June delivery was up 2.43% or 28.60 to $1203.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $65.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.0920, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.7158.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 96.66.