Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the CAC Oil & Gas, CAC CAC Oil & Gas Producers and CAC Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PARIS:TOTF), which rose 3.30% or 1.50 points to trade at 47.00 at the close. Technip (PARIS:TECF) added 2.80% or 1.46 points to end at 53.61 and Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) was up 2.14% or 0.59 points to 28.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gemalto (AMS:GTO), which lost 2.26% or 1.46 points to trade at 62.97 in late trade. Essilor International (PARIS:ESSI) declined 1.55% or 1.54 points to end at 97.53 and Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) shed 1.29% or 0.040 points to 3.054.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which rose 12.12% to 5.57, Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was up 7.16% to settle at 9.880 and Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which gained 6.14% to close at 7.61.
The worst performers were Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which was down 3.57% to 44.550 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PARIS:AIRF) which lost 3.15% to settle at 7.600 and Hermes International SCA (PARIS:HRMS) which was down 2.68% to 292.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 467 to 445 and 42 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.85% to 22.33.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.15% or 1.90 to $1277.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 1.84% or 0.89 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.25 to trade at $54.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1338, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7548.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 94.78.