Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.33%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 3.63% or 8.90 points to trade at 254.05 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.40% or 0.80 points to end at 24.20 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 2.29% or 8.90 points to 397.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.63% or 2.10 points to trade at 126.50 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.18% or 0.68 points to end at 56.88 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 0.06% or 0.03 points to 46.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Thales (PA:TCFP) which rose 8.15% to 93.31, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 7.37% to settle at 40.800 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 5.65% to close at 4.603.
The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 1.63% to 126.50 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 1.44% to settle at 12.635 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 1.18% to 56.88 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 405 to 223 and 79 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.19% to 9.59.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.67% or 8.40 to $1265.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.68% or 0.39 to hit $56.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1799, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 93.11.