Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.11% or 2.58 points to trade at 125.00 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.05% or 0.41 points to end at 20.45 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.63% or 2.00 points to 124.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 1.36% or 0.198 points to trade at 14.374 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.00% or 0.13 points to end at 12.82 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) shed 0.92% or 1.25 points to 134.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which rose 2.56% to 18.050, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was up 2.47% to settle at 76.65 and Thales (PA:TCFP) which gained 2.42% to close at 108.00.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 4.86% to 46.62 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 4.27% to settle at 7.886 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 3.33% to 98.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 280 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.14% to 13.97 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.15 to $1343.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.27 to hit $52.24 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.60 to trade at $61.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.977.