Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.30% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which rose 2.57% or 0.63 points to trade at 25.18 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.45% or 0.250 points to end at 10.446 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.43% or 1.16 points to 48.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 1.21% or 0.72 points to trade at 58.91 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 0.83% or 0.15 points to end at 17.98 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 0.57% or 0.115 points to 20.035.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 16.83% to 7.880, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 10.00% to settle at 1.772 and Trigano (PA:TRIA) which gained 6.21% to close at 85.55.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.04% to 13.090 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 2.79% to settle at 13.60 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 2.56% to 43.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 369 to 208 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.21% to 14.91.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1329.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.88% or 0.49 to hit $56.47 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.22 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1312, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.620.