France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.12%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.12%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN ), which rose 1.67% or 0.44 points to trade at 26.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (EPA:RENA ) added 1.58% or 0.65 points to end at 41.83 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP ) was up 1.18% or 1.16 points to 99.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA ), which fell 2.01% or 0.49 points to trade at 23.67 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ) declined 1.65% or 0.15 points to end at 8.94 and Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ) was down 1.17% or 2.60 points to 220.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which rose 14.33% to 0.24, Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which was up 10.91% to settle at 42.30 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which gained 4.36% to close at 6.11.

The worst performers were Virbac SA (EPA:VIRB ) which was down 3.35% to 317.00 in late trade, Forvia (EPA:FRVIA ) which lost 3.18% to settle at 8.46 and Valneva (EPA:VLS ) which was down 3.12% to 2.11 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 210 and 82 ended unchanged.

Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA ) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.01% or 0.49 to 23.67. Shares in Valneva (EPA:VLS ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.12% or 0.07 to 2.11.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.75% or 45.00 to $2,615.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.90% or 1.94 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.80% or 1.99 to trade at $73.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 106.26.

Source: Investing.com