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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.37%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 2.40%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ), which rose 4.72% or 2.24 points to trade at 49.74 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNPP ) added 4.40% or 2.89 points to end at 68.50 and Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) was up 3.75% or 3.24 points to 89.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA: ENGIE ), which rose 0.11% or 0.02 points to trade at 18.08 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA: VIE ) added 0.64% or 0.19 points to end at 29.92 and Orange SA (EPA: ORAN ) was up 0.78% or 0.10 points to 12.30.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA: VLS ) which rose 15.07% to 3.19, Rubis SCA (EPA: RUBF ) which was up 8.11% to settle at 26.92 and Viridien SA (EPA: VIRI ) which gained 6.26% to close at 49.71.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which was unchanged 2.63% to 0.00 in late trade, Opmobility SE (EPA: OPM ) which lost 0.40% to settle at 8.61 and Sodexo SA (EPA: EXHO ) which was down 0.09% to 55.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 356 to 138 and 71 ended unchanged.

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 June delivery was down 0.83% or 26.91 to $3,217.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.80% or 0.49 to hit $61.01 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.32 to trade at $64.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 99.41.