France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.17% By Investing.com

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the gained 1.17%, while the index climbed 1.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Societe Generale SA (EPA:), which rose 4.25% or 1.04 points to trade at 25.54 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) added 4.16% or 2.08 points to end at 52.12 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) was up 4.11% or 1.13 points to 28.52 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vinci SA (EPA:), which fell 1.21% or 1.10 points to trade at 89.86 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) declined 0.63% or 0.54 points to end at 84.96 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:) was down 0.29% or 0.16 points to 54.44.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (EPA:) which rose 5.01% to 27.65, Derichebourg (EPA:) which was up 4.99% to settle at 8.00 and Eramet SA (EPA:) which gained 4.58% to close at 141.70.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:) which was down 4.38% to 11.36 in late trade, Euronext (EPA:) which lost 1.61% to settle at 75.74 and Vinci SA (EPA:) which was down 1.21% to 89.86 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 344 to 215 and 88 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 6.59 to $1,848.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.35% or 0.39 to hit $109.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.08 to trade at $110.07 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.11% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.49% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.93% at 102.21.