Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.31%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 2.18% or 0.32 points to trade at 14.79 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.88% or 0.32 points to end at 17.07 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.67% or 2.50 points to 152.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 2.59% or 0.555 points to trade at 20.900 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 1.48% or 0.07 points to end at 4.86 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 1.39% or 0.61 points to 43.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 4.02% to 56.17, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 3.31% to settle at 26.210 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 2.74% to close at 41.29.
The worst performers were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 7.69% to 3.24 in late trade, CGG (PA:GEPH) which lost 6.10% to settle at 0.77 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 5.69% to 4.28 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 358 to 328 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.66% to 23.48.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.24% or 3.15 to $1293.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.59% or 1.19 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.02% or 1.43 to trade at $45.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1513, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.7853.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 92.69.