Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.00%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 8.02% or 2.02 points to trade at 27.22 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 7.68% or 29.50 points to end at 413.50 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 6.03% or 0.780 points to 13.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 5.79% or 0.92 points to trade at 14.98 in late trade. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 2.20% or 1.70 points to end at 75.40 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 1.99% or 1.59 points to 78.22.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which rose 8.02% to 27.22, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was up 7.68% to settle at 413.50 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which gained 6.87% to close at 26.60.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 7.44% to 36.94 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 7.04% to settle at 20.34 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 5.90% to 18.970 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 350 to 245 and 80 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.21% to 17.64.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.04% or 12.80 to $1238.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.93% or 1.49 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.56% or 1.52 to trade at $60.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1356, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 96.835.