Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Technology Hardware & Equipment Financial and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.98%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which rose 3.68% or 0.56 points to trade at 15.78 at the close. Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) added 3.43% or 0.12 points to end at 3.524 and Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) was up 3.37% or 4.67 points to 143.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which lost 1.93% or 1.19 points to trade at 60.41 in late trade. Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) declined 0.58% or 0.105 points to end at 17.965 and Danone SA (PARIS:DANO) shed 0.21% or 0.13 points to 62.79.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which rose 15.79% to 32.780, Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was up 5.11% to settle at 67.305 and Vicat (PARIS:VCTP) which gained 4.04% to close at 67.94.
The worst performers were Korian (PARIS:KORI) which was down 3.82% to 31.750 in late trade, Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) which lost 1.93% to settle at 60.41 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 1.72% to 5.29 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 600 to 305 and 50 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.79% to 19.05.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.33% or 16.00 to $1184.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.08% or 0.53 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.84 to trade at $55.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.0824, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.7308.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 98.26.