France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.68%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.68% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.56%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ), which rose 2.58% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.89 at the close. Safran SA (PA: SAF ) added 2.33% or 2.22 points to end at 97.46 and Accor SA (PA: ACCP ) was up 1.98% or 0.91 points to 46.87 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA: ATOS ), which lost 1.06% or 1.21 points to trade at 112.14 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR: SOLB ) declined 1.03% or 1.20 points to end at 115.60 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) shed 1.02% or 0.28 points to 27.23.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA: TCH ) which rose 9.08% to 1.357, Groupe FNAC (PA: FNAC ) which was up 5.83% to settle at 89.000 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA: TFFP ) which gained 4.02% to close at 10.350.

The worst performers were Imerys (PA: IMTP ) which was down 5.91% to 75.60 in late trade, Tarkett (PA: TKTT ) which lost 3.92% to settle at 24.48 and Eramet (PA: ERMT ) which was down 3.35% to 144.10 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 341 to 229 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.69% to 12.70.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 5.80 to $1317.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 1.25 to trade at $75.04 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.2097, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8785.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 91.52.