France stocks rising at close of trade; CAC 40 rose 0.46% Via Investing.com

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

At the close in Paris, it added 0.46%, while the index gained 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kering SA (EPA: ), which rose 4.57% or 10.80 points to trade at 247.35 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA: ) added 2.70% or 17.90 points to end at 679.80 and Carrefour SA (EPA: ) was up 1.95% or 0.29 points to trade at 15.39 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Capgemini SE (EPA: ), which declined 2.72% or 5.15 points to trade at 183.85 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA: ) declined 2.71% or 2.62 points to end at 94.10 and Saffron SA (EPA: ) declined 2.16% or 4.50 points to end at 203.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Voltalia SA (EPA: ) which rose 4.70% to 9.14, Kering SA (EPA: ) which rose 4.57% to 247.35 and Ruby SCA (EPA: ) which gained 3.46% to close at 25.72.

The worst performers were Well done SA (EPA: ), which fell 4.88% to 10.14 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment ( EPA: ) which lost 3.87% to settle at 13.65 and SCOR SE ( EPA: ) which fell 3.81% to 19.70 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 261 to 231 and 95 ended unchanged.

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 fell 0.12%, or 3.30, to $2,664.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 3.37%, or 2.51, to $76.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.19% or 2.49, to 80.54 dollars per barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.37% to 0.84.

US dollar index futures fell 0.04% to 102.23.