France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.33%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.33%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.35%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA: LVMH ), which rose 3.63% or 8.90 points to trade at 254.05 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) added 3.40% or 0.80 points to end at 24.20 and Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) was up 2.29% or 8.90 points to 397.75 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA: ATOS ), which lost 1.63% or 2.10 points to trade at 126.50 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ) declined 1.18% or 0.68 points to end at 56.88 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA: LHN ) shed 0.06% or 0.03 points to 46.42.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Thales (PA: TCFP ) which rose 8.15% to 93.31, Worldline SA (PA: WLN ) which was up 7.37% to settle at 40.800 and Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which gained 5.65% to close at 4.603.

The worst performers were Atos SE (PA: ATOS ) which was down 1.63% to 126.50 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA: TFFP ) which lost 1.44% to settle at 12.635 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ) which was down 1.18% to 56.88 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 405 to 223 and 79 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.19% to 9.59.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 8.30 to $1265.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.68% or 0.39 to hit $56.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.17 to trade at $63.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1799, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8806.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 93.11.