Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.20%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 3.51% or 7.30 points to trade at 215.45 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 2.64% or 0.97 points to end at 37.88 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 2.34% or 1.10 points to 48.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which added 0.02% or 0.01 points to trade at 20.41 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 0.26% or 0.11 points to end at 42.86 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) gained 0.29% or 0.07 points to 22.49.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which rose 3.51% to 215.45, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 3.47% to settle at 24.740 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 3.20% to close at 29.210.
The worst performers were CNP Assurances (PA:CNPP) which was down 1.48% to 19.905 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 1.15% to settle at 3.100 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 0.35% to 34.360 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 429 to 153 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 21.59% to 14.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.94 to $1291.06 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.52% or 0.74 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 0.90 to trade at $51.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1788, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.9081.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.24.