Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.98% or 0.555 points to trade at 28.600 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 1.82% or 0.98 points to end at 54.68 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.60% or 0.190 points to 12.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which lost 1.30% or 2.50 points to trade at 189.60 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 0.86% or 1.00 points to end at 115.45 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 0.71% or 0.59 points to 82.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 3.06% to 17.86, Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was up 2.64% to settle at 6.446 and Wendel (PA:MWDP) which gained 2.24% to close at 118.80.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 7.04% to 128.00 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 4.02% to settle at 33.440 and Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which was down 2.89% to 4.032 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 335 to 242 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.25% to 12.26.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.90 to $1304.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.49% or 0.32 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $76.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1785, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.58.