France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.06%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the gained 0.06%, while the index climbed 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the were Thales (EPA:), which rose 1.19% or 1.60 points to trade at 136.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (EPA:) added 1.07% or 1.56 points to end at 147.82 and Vinci SA (EPA:) was up 0.76% or 0.78 points to 102.76 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which fell 2.37% or 3.05 points to trade at 125.55 at the close. Alstom SA (EPA:) declined 1.05% or 0.28 points to end at 26.44 and Worldline SA (EPA:) was down 0.98% or 0.33 points to 33.47.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technip Energies BV (EPA:) which rose 4.59% to 21.18, CGG SA (EPA:) which was up 2.49% to settle at 0.69 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which gained 2.11% to close at 11.87.

The worst performers were ALD SA (EPA:) which was down 4.57% to 8.66 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which lost 4.37% to settle at 2.41 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which was down 2.37% to 125.55 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 267 to 251 and 102 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 7.05 to $1,969.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.63 to hit $82.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.60 to trade at $85.64 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.91.