France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.83% 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 1.83%, while the index gained 1.88%.

The best performers of the session on the were Renault SA (EPA:), which rose 3.90% or 1.20 points to trade at 31.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:) added 3.55% or 1.90 points to end at 55.48 and Kering SA (EPA:) was up 3.33% or 14.90 points to 462.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Air Liquide SA (EPA:), which rose 0.15% or 0.18 points to trade at 118.82 at the close. Danone SA (EPA:) added 0.57% or 0.28 points to end at 48.25 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:) was up 0.66% or 2.15 points to 328.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 10.50% to 11.84, Vallourec (EPA:) which was up 9.70% to settle at 10.66 and Valneva (EPA:) which gained 6.46% to close at 6.69.

The worst performers were Virbac SA (EPA:) which was down 2.91% to 284.00 in late trade, Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:) which lost 1.06% to settle at 112.40 and BIC (EPA:) which was down 0.94% to 68.45 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 394 to 168 and 66 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 December delivery was up 0.88% or 14.45 to $1,663.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.95% or 0.80 to hit $85.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.79 to trade at $92.42 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.23% to 0.98, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.11% at 111.94.