France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.13%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare , Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.01%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were AXA SA (PA: AXAF ), which rose 1.72% or 0.38 points to trade at 22.12 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA: AIR ) added 1.17% or 1.24 points to end at 107.50 and Sanofi SA (PA: SASY ) was up 1.10% or 0.81 points to 74.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (PA: BOUY ), which lost 2.79% or 1.06 points to trade at 36.97 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS: URW ) declined 2.17% or 3.92 points to end at 177.08 and Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) shed 1.71% or 0.67 points to 38.44.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA: TKTT ) which rose 2.46% to 25.78, AXA SA (PA: AXAF ) which was up 1.72% to settle at 22.12 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA: MDM ) which gained 1.67% to close at 25.640.

The worst performers were Bollore SA (PA: BOLL ) which was down 6.40% to 3.860 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA: INGC ) which lost 4.46% to settle at 57.84 and Casino Guichard (PA: CASP ) which was down 3.08% to 26.47 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 320 to 245 and 115 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.09% to 14.57.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 2.70 to $1207.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.46% or 0.32 to hit $70.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.55 to trade at $78.19 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1618, while EUR/GBP rose 0.75% to 0.9020.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.06.