Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 3.00% or 13.70 points to trade at 470.90 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 2.83% or 1.08 points to end at 39.28 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.22% or 0.52 points to 23.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 0.27% or 0.04 points to trade at 13.03 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 0.11% or 0.08 points to end at 74.62 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) shed 0.08% or 0.10 points to 124.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 8.91% to 129.60, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 4.53% to settle at 57.70 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 3.94% to close at 52.70.
The worst performers were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 1.71% to 16.07 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 1.10% to settle at 14.32 and Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 0.97% to 51.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 347 to 222 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.74% to 12.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1217.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $76.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.9062.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.63.