Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which rose 5.52% or 11.60 points to trade at 221.70 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) added 4.44% or 1.04 points to end at 24.44 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) was up 2.83% or 2.95 points to 107.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Thales (EPA:TCFP), which lost 4.25% or 6.30 points to trade at 141.85 in late trade. TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) declined 2.12% or 1.21 points to end at 55.88 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) shed 1.40% or 0.22 points to 15.18.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 98.85% to 0.31, Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which was up 15.78% to settle at 84.75 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which gained 8.27% to close at 5.64.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 5.55% to 3.20 in late trade, Amundi SA (EPA:AMUN) which lost 5.51% to settle at 63.50 and Thales (EPA:TCFP) which was down 4.25% to 141.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 269 to 240 and 76 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.85% or 78.10 to $2,659.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.75% or 1.96 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.52% or 1.88 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 107.02.