Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.39% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which rose 3.39% or 0.555 points to trade at 16.925 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.63% or 0.575 points to end at 22.400 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.75% or 2.30 points to 133.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which lost 1.25% or 0.61 points to trade at 48.78 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.88% or 0.52 points to end at 58.57 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 0.81% or 1.00 points to 122.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 5.82% to 74.520, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 3.39% to settle at 16.925 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 3.04% to close at 23.08.
The worst performers were BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 9.86% to 91.40 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.58% to settle at 4.850 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 1.67% to 15.300 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 380 to 235 and 82 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.04% to 11.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.48 to $1278.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.17% or 1.12 to hit $50.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.64 to trade at $56.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 93.41.