Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.30% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which rose 2.57% or 0.63 points to trade at 25.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.45% or 0.250 points to end at 10.446 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.43% or 1.16 points to 48.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 1.21% or 0.72 points to trade at 58.91 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 0.83% or 0.15 points to end at 17.98 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was down 0.57% or 0.115 points to 20.035.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 16.83% to 7.880, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 10.00% to settle at 1.772 and Trigano (PA:TRIA) which gained 6.21% to close at 85.55.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.04% to 13.090 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 2.79% to settle at 13.60 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 2.56% to 43.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 369 to 208 and 95 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.21% to 14.91.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1329.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.88% or 0.49 to hit $56.47 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.22 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1313, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.620.