France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.41%

© Reuters. France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.41%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.41% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.40%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 1.56% or 0.49 points to trade at 31.82 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.39% or 1.03 points to end at 75.03 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 1.37% or 1.94 points to 143.74 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 1.92% or 0.34 points to trade at 17.37 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.05% or 0.14 points to end at 13.20 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 1.02% or 0.34 points to 32.84.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 14.62% to 1.121, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 5.71% to settle at 15.190 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which gained 4.24% to close at 398.20.

The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 3.56% to 12.73 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.19% to settle at 11.080 and Gecina SA (PA:GFCP) which was down 2.52% to 127.90 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 345 to 244 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.86% to 12.77.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.79% or 10.30 to $1288.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.22% or 0.68 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.50 to trade at $65.57 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1328, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8603.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.627.