France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.68% 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 added 0.68% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index added 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:), which rose 5.16% or 1.83 points to trade at 37.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) added 4.50% or 2.98 points to end at 69.14 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was up 4.40% or 0.70 points to 16.72 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (EPA:), which fell 1.72% or 0.44 points to trade at 25.07 at the close. Renault SA (EPA:) declined 1.54% or 0.56 points to end at 35.59 and Thales (EPA:) was down 1.16% or 1.35 points to 114.60.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 7.80% to 11.88, Orpea SA (EPA:) which was up 7.08% to settle at 7.05 and Nexans SA (EPA:) which gained 5.45% to close at 91.00.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which was down 3.33% to 24.93 in late trade, Ipsos (EPA:) which lost 2.68% to settle at 58.10 and Television Francaise 1 SA (EPA:) which was down 2.32% to 7.16 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 347 to 214 and 85 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.33% or 0.86 to 24.93.

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 up 0.36% or 6.65 to $1,876.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.53% or 1.13 to hit $74.90 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 1.02 to trade at $79.59 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.00% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.83% at 102.78.