Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 4.93% or 0.314 points to trade at 6.685 at the close. Airbus Group (PA:AIR) added 2.94% or 1.61 points to end at 56.37 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 2.53% or 0.56 points to 22.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 4.47% or 0.760 points to trade at 16.240 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 1.38% or 0.46 points to end at 32.94 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) shed 1.38% or 0.48 points to 34.62.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 4.93% to 6.685, Rexel (PA:RXL) which was up 4.36% to settle at 14.13 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which gained 4.00% to close at 37.42.
The worst performers were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 4.47% to 16.240 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 4.29% to settle at 14.5100 and Gecina Nom. (PA:GFCP) which was down 3.18% to 120.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 350 to 334 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.10% to 21.14.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.35 to $1225.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.26% or 0.98 to hit $42.43 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 0.97 to trade at $43.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.99% to 1.0747, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8601.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 99.93.