Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.28% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 3.51% or 0.675 points to trade at 19.915 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.18% or 0.60 points to end at 28.08 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 2.01% or 0.410 points to 20.770 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which lost 1.14% or 5.50 points to trade at 478.00 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 0.98% or 1.15 points to end at 116.60 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) shed 0.73% or 0.31 points to 42.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 3.79% to 72.500, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was up 3.68% to settle at 73.30 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which gained 3.51% to close at 19.915.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 9.83% to 7.300 in late trade, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which lost 2.33% to settle at 150.80 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 1.52% to 1.040 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 318 to 255 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.26% to 11.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1314.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.23% or 0.86 to hit $70.58 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.60% or 1.20 to trade at $76.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1932, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8796.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 92.54.