Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.68% or 0.59 points to trade at 22.59 at the close. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) added 2.64% or 0.73 points to end at 28.43 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 2.19% or 0.265 points to 12.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Total SA (PA:TOTF), which lost 1.52% or 0.75 points to trade at 48.59 in late trade. Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) declined 1.20% or 1.25 points to end at 102.65 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) shed 0.96% or 1.50 points to 154.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which rose 4.11% to 84.80, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 2.68% to settle at 22.59 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which gained 2.64% to close at 28.43.
The worst performers were Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which was down 4.21% to 12.07 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 2.46% to settle at 12.28 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.00% to 1.668 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 301 to 268 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.51% to 13.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.62% or 7.95 to $1280.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $63.53 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $71.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1181, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 97.597.