France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.32%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (EPA:SAF ), which rose 1.95% or 4.00 points to trade at 208.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP ) added 1.90% or 2.80 points to end at 150.00 and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM ) was up 1.77% or 0.21 points to 12.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ), which fell 3.83% or 9.15 points to trade at 230.00 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH ) declined 2.34% or 15.30 points to end at 637.80 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) was down 1.44% or 0.49 points to 33.58.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA:NEXI ) which rose 4.21% to 13.38, ID Logistics SAS (EPA:IDLA ) which was up 3.60% to settle at 388.50 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP ) which gained 3.50% to close at 13.46.

The worst performers were Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA ) which was down 6.07% to 8.97 in late trade, Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI ) which lost 4.40% to settle at 3.17 and SEB SA (EPA:SEBF ) which was down 4.19% to 97.15 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 270 to 243 and 80 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 down 0.50% or 13.30 to $2,663.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.40% or 1.81 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.26% or 1.79 to trade at $77.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 103.03.

Source: Investing.com