Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.44%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 4.12% or 0.65 points to trade at 16.29 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 2.70% or 6.50 points to end at 247.50 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.98% or 1.66 points to 85.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which fell 4.28% or 0.75 points to trade at 16.75 at the close. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 3.73% or 3.70 points to end at 95.52 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 3.23% or 0.85 points to 25.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which rose 4.12% to 16.29, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was up 3.56% to settle at 94.50 and Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF) which gained 3.46% to close at 227.40.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 30.08% to 7.26 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 7.79% to settle at 6.37 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 7.45% to 3.18 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 339 to 254 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.28% or 0.75 to 16.75. Shares in Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.73% or 3.70 to 95.52. Shares in Renault SA (PA:RENA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.23% or 0.85 to 25.64. Shares in SES (PA:SESFd) fell to 5-year lows; losing 30.08% or 3.12 to 7.26. Shares in Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) fell to 3-years lows; down 7.79% or 0.54 to 6.37.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.84% to 32.27.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 2.07% or 32.45 to $1599.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 5.21% or 2.33 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 4.97% or 2.47 to trade at $52.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.40% to 1.1179, while EUR/GBP rose 1.72% to 0.8728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.93% at 97.170.