Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.53%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 4.37% or 3.09 points to trade at 73.84 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 3.44% or 1.44 points to end at 43.16 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.23% or 1.37 points to 62.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which lost 13.45% or 4.72 points to trade at 30.41 in late trade. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 6.17% or 0.95 points to end at 14.45 and Technip (PA:TECF) shed 1.62% or 0.77 points to 46.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which rose 4.37% to 73.84, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 3.87% to settle at 10.05 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which gained 3.44% to close at 43.16.
The worst performers were Numericable SFR SA (PA:NUME) which was down 17.99% to 29.900 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 15.10% to settle at 190.00 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was down 13.45% to 30.41 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 387 to 279 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.86% to 22.90.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.47% or 5.70 to $1217.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.20% or 0.44 to hit $36.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 0.50 to trade at $38.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7981.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.52.