Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.21% or 0.47 points to trade at 21.74 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 1.38% or 1.55 points to end at 113.65 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 1.13% or 0.51 points to 45.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 2.50% or 2.46 points to trade at 95.87 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 0.91% or 0.23 points to end at 25.13 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) shed 0.75% or 0.85 points to 112.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 8.68% to 25.300, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was up 3.49% to settle at 32.000 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 2.76% to close at 66.24.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.66% to 1.580 in late trade, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which lost 2.64% to settle at 19.530 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was down 2.50% to 95.87 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 320 to 250 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.63% to 13.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.23% or 3.00 to $1321.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.32% or 0.82 to hit $61.22 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.65 to trade at $64.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2329, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.94.