France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.28%

France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.28%

AiVIF.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.28% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR), which rose 4.59% or 0.76 points to trade at 17.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP) added 2.48% or 2.80 points to end at 115.65 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE) was up 2.27% or 0.61 points to 27.47 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (EPA:ORAN), which fell 2.21% or 0.22 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) declined 1.33% or 22.00 points to end at 1,629.00 and Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR) was down 1.30% or 1.52 points to 115.32.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (EPA:GEPH) which rose 10.11% to 0.77, Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was up 5.88% to settle at 7.20 and Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which gained 4.60% to close at 7.50.

The worst performers were Mcphy Energy (EPA:MCPHY) which was down 4.84% to 13.97 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which lost 2.74% to settle at 20.22 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:GTT) which was down 2.32% to 101.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 189 and 86 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.74% or 0.57 to 20.22.

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

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 4.80 to $1,916.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.00% or 0.80 to hit $79.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.84 to trade at $84.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.17.