Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.65%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.52% or 0.630 points to trade at 25.635 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 2.32% or 0.91 points to end at 40.18 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 2.20% or 0.47 points to 21.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 0.71% or 0.40 points to trade at 55.66 in late trade. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) declined 0.45% or 0.42 points to end at 92.40 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 0.17% or 0.030 points to 18.050.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 5.71% to 75.85, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 5.09% to settle at 33.840 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 3.82% to close at 91.360.
The worst performers were SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which was down 1.88% to 35.01 in late trade, Nexity (PA:NEXI) which lost 0.86% to settle at 51.90 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 0.83% to 23.800 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 380 to 185 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.42% to 13.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.00% or 11.90 to $1196.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.44% or 0.29 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.56 to trade at $72.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1461, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.85.