France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.00%

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 rose 0.00% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the were Credit Agricole SA (EPA:), which rose 1.10% or 0.13 points to trade at 12.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) added 0.89% or 0.62 points to end at 70.64 and Capgemini SE (EPA:) was up 0.82% or 1.80 points to 221.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:), which fell 4.73% or 6.65 points to trade at 134.00 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) declined 3.02% or 0.78 points to end at 24.86 and Alstom SA (EPA:) was down 2.95% or 0.35 points to 11.35.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which rose 4.78% to 4.17, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:) which was up 3.33% to settle at 24.20 and Aeroports de Paris SA (EPA:) which gained 2.80% to close at 124.70.

The worst performers were Forvia (EPA:) which was down 12.66% to 14.04 in late trade, Valeo SA (EPA:) which lost 6.86% to settle at 10.93 and Clariane SE (EPA:) which was down 5.79% to 1.68 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 209 and 116 ended unchanged.

Shares in Capgemini SE (EPA:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 0.82% or 1.80 to 221.50. Shares in Forvia (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.66% or 2.04 to 14.04. Shares in Valeo SA (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 6.86% or 0.81 to 10.93. Shares in Clariane SE (EPA:) fell to all time lows; falling 5.79% or 0.10 to 1.68.

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 April delivery was up 0.19% or 3.85 to $2,027.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $78.39 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $83.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 104.23.