Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, General Retailers and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 3.54%, while the SBF 120 index gained 3.38%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA), which rose 8.65% or 0.41 points to trade at 5.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PARIS:TECF) added 7.55% or 3.29 points to end at 46.78 and Accor SA (PARIS:ACCP) was up 5.33% or 2.24 points to 44.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF), which rose 0.32% or 0.40 points to trade at 125.05 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) added 0.42% or 0.085 points to end at 20.495 and Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) was up 1.05% or 0.29 points to 28.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which rose 13.33% to 4.07, ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) which was up 8.65% to settle at 5.19 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) which gained 7.55% to close at 46.78.
The worst performers were Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which was down 2.39% to 37.73 in late trade, Coface (PARIS:COFA) which lost 0.63% to settle at 7.90 and Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was up 0.26% to 20.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 563 to 164 and 47 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.65% to 27.42.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.20 to $1133.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.35% or 1.07 to hit $46.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.82% or 1.35 to trade at $49.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1179, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.7384.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.27.