Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials , Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ), which rose 2.65% or 3.72 points to trade at 144.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) added 2.34% or 2.16 points to end at 94.30 and Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ) was up 2.29% or 4.00 points to 178.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA: DAST ), which fell 1.97% or 0.64 points to trade at 31.91 at the close. Edenred SA (EPA: EDEN ) declined 1.92% or 0.51 points to end at 26.02 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA: STMPA ) was down 1.32% or 0.27 points to 20.15.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Clariane SE (EPA: CLARI ) which rose 8.27% to 3.87, Emeis SA (EPA: EMEIS ) which was up 6.44% to settle at 11.00 and Elior Group (EPA: ELIOR ) which gained 4.68% to close at 2.59.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA: VLS ) which was down 6.59% to 2.95 in late trade, Eramet SA (EPA: ERMT ) which lost 3.09% to settle at 48.94 and Forvia (EPA: FRVIA ) which was down 2.30% to 6.87 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 290 to 188 and 93 ended unchanged.

Shares in Edenred SA (EPA: EDEN ) fell to 5-year lows; down 1.92% or 0.51 to 26.02.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.30% or 42.79 to $3,341.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.75% or 1.10 to hit $61.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.85% or 1.22 to trade at $64.58 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 98.99.