Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.24%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 2.52% or 0.370 points to trade at 15.025 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 2.47% or 1.72 points to end at 71.29 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 2.43% or 5.35 points to 225.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 0.99% or 0.81 points to trade at 81.40 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.11% or 0.06 points to end at 55.89 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) gained 0.07% or 0.01 points to 21.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 4.28% to 41.39, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was up 3.02% to settle at 505.25 and SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which gained 3.00% to close at 34.14.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.68% to 46.850 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 0.99% to settle at 81.40 and Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 0.82% to 53.49 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 384 to 197 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.06% to 12.28 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.02% or 13.82 to $1337.38 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.45% or 0.69 to hit $48.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $53.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1963, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.9076.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 91.83.