Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.76% or 0.785 points to trade at 29.200 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 1.47% or 0.35 points to end at 23.90 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 1.46% or 1.27 points to 88.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 3.11% or 0.57 points to trade at 17.94 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 1.60% or 4.00 points to end at 245.50 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 1.14% or 4.60 points to 397.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 3.95% to 13.70, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 3.16% to settle at 24.84 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 2.78% to close at 25.840.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 6.45% to 34.54 in late trade, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which lost 3.11% to settle at 17.94 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.90% to 12.380 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 398 to 223 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.25% to 10.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 4.00 to $1318.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $61.48 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $67.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1970, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 92.07.