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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.31% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (EPA: SOGN ), which rose 2.52% or 0.73 points to trade at 29.47 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) added 2.29% or 0.52 points to end at 23.24 and Stellantis NV (EPA: STLAM ) was up 2.26% or 0.28 points to 12.84 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA: ENGIE ), which fell 1.74% or 0.28 points to trade at 15.80 at the close. Renault SA (EPA: RENA ) declined 1.23% or 0.60 points to end at 48.17 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA: LVMH ) was down 1.01% or 7.00 points to 683.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which rose 3.53% to 2.23, SEB SA (EPA: SEBF ) which was up 3.51% to settle at 90.05 and Nexity (EPA: NEXI ) which gained 2.96% to close at 12.17.

The worst performers were Clariane SE (EPA: CLARI ) which was down 4.19% to 2.10 in late trade, Worldline SA (EPA: WLN ) which lost 2.78% to settle at 7.91 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA: UBIP ) which was down 2.47% to 11.45 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 276 to 222 and 94 ended unchanged.

Shares in Societe Generale SA (EPA: SOGN ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.52% or 0.73 to 29.47.

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

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.89% or 24.49 to $2,724.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.94% or 0.73 to hit $76.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.57 to trade at $80.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.04% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.97% at 108.14.