France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.03%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.03%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ), which rose 6.27% or 1.62 points to trade at 27.47 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) added 5.76% or 1.040 points to end at 19.098 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ) was up 4.29% or 0.565 points to 13.730 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ), which lost 3.60% or 1.72 points to trade at 46.01 in late trade. Pernod Ricard SA (PA: PERP ) declined 0.94% or 1.50 points to end at 158.50 and Danone SA (PA: DANO ) shed 0.51% or 0.35 points to 68.34.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Faurecia (PA: EPED ) which rose 6.94% to 40.08, Eramet SA (PA: ERMT ) which was up 6.74% to settle at 52.90 and Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) which gained 6.27% to close at 27.47.

The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA: KORI ) which was down 4.77% to 34.360 in late trade, Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ) which lost 3.60% to settle at 46.01 and Remy Cointreau (PA: RCOP ) which was down 1.35% to 117.30 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 410 to 162 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.47% to 14.31.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.28% or 3.65 to $1294.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.76% or 1.06 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.11 to trade at $68.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1207, while EUR/GBP fell 0.88% to 0.8537.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.850.