Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.06%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 3.17% or 1.50 points to trade at 48.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 2.95% or 2.30 points to end at 80.30 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.88% or 0.56 points to 20.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.13% or 0.218 points to trade at 19.030 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 0.50% or 0.75 points to end at 149.80 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 0.11% or 0.02 points to 17.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 7.37% to 1.545, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 6.92% to settle at 0.974 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 4.29% to close at 51.250.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was down 4.61% to 302.20 in late trade, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which lost 3.07% to settle at 67.950 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.39% to 1.450 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 344 to 234 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.61% or 14.60 to 302.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.16% to 15.98.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.47% or 6.15 to $1312.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.33% or 0.70 to hit $52.02 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.49 to trade at $61.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.847.