Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.47%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.78% or 0.750 points to trade at 20.610 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.71% or 0.88 points to end at 24.62 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 3.26% or 0.57 points to 18.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which fell 0.95% or 2.10 points to trade at 218.55 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.39% or 0.16 points to end at 40.88 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 0.09% or 0.06 points to 65.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 5.26% to 5.599, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was up 3.78% to settle at 20.610 and Arkema (PA:AKE) which gained 3.77% to close at 96.95.
The worst performers were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 3.19% to 49.26 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 1.92% to settle at 117.55 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 1.89% to 3.746 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 367 to 258 and 76 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 15.08% to 14.31.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.54% or 19.07 to $1223.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.61% or 0.74 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.68 to trade at $49.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1360, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 95.96.