Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.65%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which rose 2.18% or 1.56 points to trade at 72.96 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 2.09% or 1.51 points to end at 73.75 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 2.00% or 2.30 points to 117.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which lost 1.34% or 1.34 points to trade at 98.76 in late trade. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 1.27% or 0.28 points to end at 21.80 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) shed 1.13% or 0.68 points to 59.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which rose 3.84% to 111.00, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was up 2.50% to settle at 127.20 and Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which gained 2.20% to close at 22.28.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 8.70% to 0.876 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 4.38% to settle at 17.260 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 4.22% to 390.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 299 to 265 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.38% to 16.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.09% or 14.35 to $1325.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.22 to trade at $61.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 97.393.