Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 1.30% or 1.45 points to trade at 113.35 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.17% or 0.51 points to end at 44.15 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.17% or 1.20 points to 103.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 2.43% or 2.40 points to trade at 96.35 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.35% or 0.32 points to end at 23.30 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 1.13% or 0.22 points to 19.76.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 3.37% to 14.11, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 2.32% to settle at 39.620 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.21% to close at 53.20.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 3.07% to 1.263 in late trade, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which lost 2.95% to settle at 40.83 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 2.70% to 52.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 247 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.78% to 16.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.70 to $1338.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.11% or 1.31 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.39 to trade at $68.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2324, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.54.