Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.94%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.87%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi (PARIS:VIV), which rose 3.79% or 0.89 points to trade at 24.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) added 3.11% or 1.88 points to end at 62.28 and Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) was up 3.01% or 0.410 points to 14.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which fell 0.62% or 0.12 points to trade at 18.41 at the close. Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) added 0.34% or 0.45 points to end at 132.45 and Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY) was up 0.51% or 0.16 points to 31.73.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which rose 7.44% to 78.750, Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was up 3.90% to settle at 68.260 and Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which gained 3.81% to close at 39.40.
The worst performers were Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which was down 2.22% to 64.00 in late trade, GTT (PARIS:GTT) which lost 1.57% to settle at 56.29 and Faurecia (PARIS:EPED) which was down 1.33% to 37.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 635 to 177 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.44% or 5.450 to 78.750.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 18.01% to 22.58.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.16% or 1.90 to $1156.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $52.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $58.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.16% to 1.1029, while EUR/GBP fell 1.11% to 0.7109.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 96.80.