Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.24%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 4.82% or 0.396 points to trade at 8.616 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 4.40% or 3.69 points to end at 87.50 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 3.26% or 1.86 points to 58.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Klepierre (PA:LOIM), which lost 0.50% or 0.18 points to trade at 35.66 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 0.27% or 0.60 points to end at 218.40 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 0.25% or 0.040 points to 16.250.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 4.99% to 9.6800, Rexel (PA:RXL) which was up 4.89% to settle at 16.75 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 4.82% to close at 8.616.
The worst performers were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 1.62% to 10.035 in late trade, BIC (PA:BICP) which lost 0.75% to settle at 118.90 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 0.65% to 22.850 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 437 to 190 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.86% to 14.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.86% or 10.65 to $1225.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.82% or 0.98 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.06% or 1.17 to trade at $55.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.0600, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.00.