Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 1.56% or 0.23 points to trade at 15.02 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) added 1.52% or 1.70 points to end at 113.75 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.16% or 0.325 points to 28.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 6.95% or 3.31 points to trade at 44.29 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 3.88% or 1.07 points to end at 26.49 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) shed 1.30% or 1.35 points to 102.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 5.47% to 7.364, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.21% to settle at 15.74 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which gained 2.90% to close at 17.05.
The worst performers were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 6.95% to 44.29 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.88% to settle at 26.49 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 3.74% to 149.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 352 to 234 and 82 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.75% to 13.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 1.80 to $1297.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.19% or 0.78 to hit $65.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.01 to trade at $75.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.06.