Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.33%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 3.63% or 8.90 points to trade at 254.05 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.40% or 0.80 points to end at 24.20 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 2.29% or 8.90 points to 397.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.63% or 2.10 points to trade at 126.50 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.18% or 0.68 points to end at 56.88 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 0.06% or 0.03 points to 46.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Thales (PA:TCFP) which rose 8.15% to 93.31, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 7.37% to settle at 40.800 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 5.65% to close at 4.603.
The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 1.63% to 126.50 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 1.44% to settle at 12.635 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 1.18% to 56.88 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 405 to 223 and 79 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.19% to 9.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 8.30 to $1265.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.68% or 0.39 to hit $56.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.17 to trade at $63.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1799, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 93.11.