France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.18%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.70%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW ), which rose 1.25% or 0.90 points to trade at 72.70 at the close. Meanwhile, TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF ) added 1.13% or 0.70 points to end at 62.86 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT ) was up 0.77% or 0.16 points to 21.01 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA ), which fell 0.73% or 0.21 points to trade at 27.91 at the close. Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) declined 0.55% or 0.21 points to end at 38.08 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN ) was down 0.54% or 0.12 points to 21.36.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI ) which rose 5.05% to 1.91, Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA ) which was up 3.47% to settle at 8.64 and Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which gained 2.76% to close at 39.09.

The worst performers were Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI ) which was down 3.51% to 4.07 in late trade, Nexans SA (EPA:NEXS ) which lost 2.80% to settle at 118.20 and Imerys SA (EPA:IMTP ) which was down 2.38% to 30.36 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 261 to 208 and 110 ended unchanged.

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 0.20% or 5.10 to $2,551.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.98% or 2.23 to hit $77.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.88 to trade at $80.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.75.

Source: Investing.com