Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 3.46% or 0.54 points to trade at 16.15 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 1.96% or 0.24 points to end at 12.49 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.71% or 1.10 points to 65.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safran SA (PA:SAF), which lost 1.45% or 1.70 points to trade at 115.70 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.52% or 0.22 points to end at 42.24 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 0.48% or 0.18 points to 37.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 4.24% to 59.00, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was up 3.91% to settle at 30.30 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 3.87% to close at 111.45.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 2.75% to 7.780 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 1.53% to settle at 16.70 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.47% to 63.750 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 289 to 282 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.07% to 14.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1201.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.36 to trade at $77.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1601, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 95.09.