Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.40%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.34% or 0.470 points to trade at 20.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.79% or 1.09 points to end at 61.84 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.76% or 0.41 points to 23.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which fell 1.06% or 1.10 points to trade at 102.95 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.72% or 0.46 points to end at 63.00 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was down 0.49% or 0.24 points to 49.19.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 2.65% to 72.51, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 2.64% to settle at 46.99 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 2.34% to close at 20.550.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 2.60% to 48.390 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.19% to settle at 5.230 and Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which was down 1.19% to 19.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 364 to 241 and 102 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.21% to 14.37.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 1.95 to $1211.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.57% or 0.25 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.26 to trade at $46.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 95.84.