Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.00%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 8.02% or 2.02 points to trade at 27.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 7.68% or 29.50 points to end at 413.50 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 6.03% or 0.780 points to 13.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 5.79% or 0.92 points to trade at 14.98 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 2.20% or 1.70 points to end at 75.40 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 1.99% or 1.59 points to 78.22.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which rose 8.02% to 27.22, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was up 7.68% to settle at 413.50 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which gained 6.87% to close at 26.60.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 7.44% to 36.94 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 7.04% to settle at 20.34 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 5.90% to 18.970 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 350 to 245 and 80 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.21% to 17.64.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.04% or 12.70 to $1238.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.95% or 1.50 to hit $52.43 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.57% or 1.53 to trade at $60.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1356, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 96.838.