Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 3.50%, while the SBF 120 index gained 3.41%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which rose 5.09% or 4.20 points to trade at 86.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 5.09% or 1.90 points to end at 39.13 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 4.90% or 2.13 points to 45.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 1.96% or 0.095 points to trade at 4.940 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 2.42% or 3.90 points to end at 165.25 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) was up 2.45% or 2.24 points to 93.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 8.04% to 33.655, Alten (PA:LTEN) which was up 7.49% to settle at 54.96 and Edenred (PA:EDEN) which gained 5.55% to close at 16.82.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 0.48% to 19.27 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 0.19% to settle at 15.90 and Saft (PA:S1A) which was unchanged 0.00% to 36.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 569 to 116 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 8.04% or 2.505 to 33.655.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.13% to 31.70.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.40% or 5.15 to $1289.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.68% or 1.30 to hit $49.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.70% or 1.33 to trade at $50.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1309, while EUR/GBP fell 1.94% to 0.7701.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 93.76.