Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.54%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI), which rose 2.31% or 2.04 points to trade at 90.33 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 2.30% or 1.47 points to end at 65.29 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 2.14% or 1.07 points to 51.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.71% or 0.85 points to trade at 30.37 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 2.39% or 0.78 points to end at 31.82 and Thales (PA:TCFP) was down 1.95% or 2.35 points to 117.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (PA:ORP) which rose 4.52% to 37.49, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was up 2.78% to settle at 181.00 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 2.72% to close at 20.38.
The worst performers were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 7.93% to 147.50 in late trade, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which lost 7.27% to settle at 21.68 and Valneva (PA:VLS) which was down 6.13% to 14.71 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 331 to 232 and 74 ended unchanged.
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 April delivery was down 0.80% or 15.70 to $1,938.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 6.03% or 6.87 to hit $107.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 5.91% or 6.94 to trade at $110.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP rose 0.90% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 99.07.