Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.91%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 4.78% or 2.27 points to trade at 49.83 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 3.89% or 0.76 points to end at 20.14 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was up 3.78% or 0.146 points to 4.006 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 17.675 in late trade. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) added 0.21% or 0.35 points to end at 165.45 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) gained 0.25% or 0.04 points to 18.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which rose 4.78% to 49.83, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 4.17% to settle at 8.443 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which gained 4.01% to close at 23.060.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 3.40% to 30.445 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 2.12% to settle at 18.500 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was down 1.27% to 14.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 466 to 234 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.40% to 22.84.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.85% or 24.15 to $1280.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.24 to hit $44.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $45.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.98% to 1.1031, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 97.86.