Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.68% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.58% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.89 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 2.33% or 2.22 points to end at 97.46 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 1.98% or 0.91 points to 46.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.06% or 1.21 points to trade at 112.14 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.03% or 1.20 points to end at 115.60 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.02% or 0.28 points to 27.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 9.08% to 1.357, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 5.83% to settle at 89.000 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 4.02% to close at 10.350.
The worst performers were Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was down 5.91% to 75.60 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 3.92% to settle at 24.48 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.35% to 144.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 341 to 229 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.69% to 12.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 5.80 to $1317.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 1.25 to trade at $75.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2097, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 91.52.