Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN), which rose 3.73% or 0.53 points to trade at 14.74 at the close. Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) added 2.65% or 0.46 points to end at 17.60 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) was up 1.90% or 1.16 points to 62.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR), which lost 3.06% or 0.435 points to trade at 13.790 in late trade. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 2.41% or 0.25 points to end at 10.12 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) shed 2.03% or 4.95 points to 238.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) which rose 3.73% to 14.74, Orpea (PARIS:ORP) which was up 2.89% to settle at 62.23 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) which gained 2.65% to close at 17.60.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 3.37% to 23.09 in late trade, Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) which lost 3.06% to settle at 13.790 and Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which was down 2.68% to 0.472 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 466 to 423 and 61 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.90% to 19.91.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1226.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.20% or 0.12 to hit $60.42 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.49 to trade at $66.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.86% to 1.1350, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.7242.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 94.00.