Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.24%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 2.52% or 0.370 points to trade at 15.025 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 2.47% or 1.72 points to end at 71.29 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 2.43% or 5.35 points to 225.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which fell 0.99% or 0.81 points to trade at 81.40 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.11% or 0.06 points to end at 55.89 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.07% or 0.01 points to 21.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 4.28% to 41.39, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was up 3.02% to settle at 505.25 and SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which gained 3.00% to close at 34.14.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.68% to 46.850 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 0.99% to settle at 81.40 and Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 0.82% to 53.49 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 384 to 197 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.11% or 0.06 to 55.89.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.06% to 12.28 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.03% or 13.90 to $1337.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.45% or 0.69 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $53.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1962, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.9076.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 91.84.