Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.43%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.56% or 0.175 points to trade at 5.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 2.66% or 1.08 points to end at 41.69 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.46% or 0.32 points to 13.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which fell 0.64% or 0.18 points to trade at 28.68 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 0.36% or 0.031 points to end at 8.609 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 0.42% or 0.13 points to 31.26.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which rose 3.97% to 29.07, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.83% to settle at 3.928 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which gained 3.68% to close at 28.59.
The worst performers were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 1.46% to 4.040 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 1.01% to settle at 34.835 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 0.87% to 44.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 470 to 188 and 116 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.92% to 19.29.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.55% or 7.15 to $1317.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.26% or 0.55 to hit $44.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.58 to trade at $46.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8569.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.75.