Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.47%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.78% or 0.750 points to trade at 20.610 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.71% or 0.88 points to end at 24.62 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 3.26% or 0.57 points to 18.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which lost 0.95% or 2.10 points to trade at 218.55 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 0.39% or 0.16 points to end at 40.88 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) shed 0.09% or 0.06 points to 65.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 5.26% to 5.599, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was up 3.78% to settle at 20.610 and Arkema (PA:AKE) which gained 3.77% to close at 96.95.
The worst performers were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 3.19% to 49.26 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 1.92% to settle at 117.55 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 1.89% to 3.746 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 367 to 258 and 76 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 15.08% to 14.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.53% or 18.98 to $1223.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.65% or 0.76 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.68 to trade at $49.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.1359, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 95.96.