France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.10%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials , Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

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

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA: ATOS ), which rose 1.30% or 1.45 points to trade at 113.35 at the close. Accor SA (PA: ACCP ) added 1.17% or 0.51 points to end at 44.15 and Cap Gemini SA (PA: CAPP ) was up 1.17% or 1.20 points to 103.70 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA: RENA ), which lost 2.43% or 2.40 points to trade at 96.35 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) declined 1.35% or 0.32 points to end at 23.30 and Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ) shed 1.13% or 0.22 points to 19.76.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA: ALDA ) which rose 3.37% to 14.11, DBV Technologies (PA: DBV ) which was up 2.32% to settle at 39.620 and GTT (PA: GTT ) which gained 2.21% to close at 53.20.

The worst performers were Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which was down 3.07% to 1.263 in late trade, Nexans (PA: NEXS ) which lost 2.95% to settle at 40.83 and Nexity (PA: NEXI ) which was down 2.70% to 52.25 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 247 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.78% to 16.01.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.70 to $1338.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.11% or 1.31 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.39 to trade at $68.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2324, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8716.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.54.