France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.32% By Investing.com

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 0.32%, while the index climbed 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the were Danone SA (EPA:), which rose 1.92% or 0.94 points to trade at 49.56 at the close. Meanwhile, TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) added 1.78% or 0.99 points to end at 56.65 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was up 1.59% or 1.00 points to 63.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Capgemini SE (EPA:), which fell 1.22% or 1.95 points to trade at 157.50 at the close. Bouygues SA (EPA:) declined 1.17% or 0.33 points to end at 27.93 and Kering SA (EPA:) was down 1.06% or 5.20 points to 485.85.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which rose 7.95% to 10.59, Atos SE (EPA:) which was up 4.98% to settle at 8.94 and Vallourec (EPA:) which gained 3.25% to close at 11.44.

The worst performers were Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 8.74% to 3.15 in late trade, Virbac SA (EPA:) which lost 5.39% to settle at 219.50 and CGG SA (EPA:) which was down 3.75% to 0.58 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 278 to 270 and 85 ended unchanged.

Shares in Virbac SA (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.39% or 12.50 to 219.50. Shares in CGG SA (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.75% or 0.02 to 0.58.

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 February delivery was down 0.05% or 0.95 to $1,799.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.87% or 1.39 to hit $75.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 1.08 to trade at $80.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 104.12.