Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 2.96% or 0.136 points to trade at 4.723 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PA:TECF) added 2.72% or 1.30 points to end at 49.25 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 2.23% or 3.30 points to 151.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which fell 1.81% or 0.72 points to trade at 39.10 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 1.15% or 0.16 points to end at 13.73 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 0.93% or 0.16 points to 17.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PA:GEPH) which rose 4.62% to 0.6800, Aperam (AS:APAM) which was up 4.13% to settle at 36.43 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 2.96% to close at 4.723.
The worst performers were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 6.76% to 42.62 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 5.42% to settle at 6.839 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 3.94% to 11.34 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 328 to 322 and 121 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.31% to 22.16.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.10 to $1247.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.83% or 0.89 to hit $49.51 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.49% or 0.74 to trade at $50.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1367, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.7859.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 93.91.