Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the gained 1.16%, while the index declined 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:), which rose 2.86% or 1.05 points to trade at 37.83 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) added 2.35% or 1.48 points to end at 64.53 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) was up 2.05% or 3.95 points to 196.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (EPA:), which fell 2.02% or 0.77 points to trade at 37.35 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) declined 0.76% or 0.56 points to end at 72.84 and Orange SA (EPA:) was down 0.64% or 0.07 points to 10.13.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:) which rose 5.74% to 3.46, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:) which was up 5.02% to settle at 30.35 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which gained 4.74% to close at 1.75.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 3.44% to 1.09 in late trade, Accor SA (EPA:) which lost 2.02% to settle at 37.35 and Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 2.01% to 3.12 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 180 and 104 ended unchanged.
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 August delivery was down 0.36% or 8.70 to $2,390.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.52% or 0.41 to hit $78.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.41 to trade at $82.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 104.12.
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