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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.09%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.08%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Thales (EPA: TCFP ), which rose 16.04% or 30.75 points to trade at 222.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) added 5.63% or 5.22 points to end at 97.88 and Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ) was up 5.24% or 8.68 points to 174.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (EPA: CARR ), which fell 1.99% or 0.26 points to trade at 12.55 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (EPA: SCHN ) declined 1.84% or 4.30 points to end at 229.65 and Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ) was down 0.92% or 2.50 points to 268.60.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which rose 68.14% to 2.02, Thales (EPA: TCFP ) which was up 16.04% to settle at 222.40 and Dassault Aviation SA (EPA: AM ) which gained 14.77% to close at 282.80.

The worst performers were Voltalia SA (EPA: VLTSA ) which was down 5.57% to 7.80 in late trade, Solutions 30 SE (EPA: S30 ) which lost 2.98% to settle at 1.33 and Fnac Darty SA (EPA: FNAC ) which was down 2.67% to 29.15 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 294 to 214 and 79 ended unchanged.

Shares in Thales (EPA: TCFP ) rose to all time highs; up 16.04% or 30.75 to 222.40. Shares in Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.24% or 8.68 to 174.38. Shares in Thales (EPA: TCFP ) rose to all time highs; gaining 16.04% or 30.75 to 222.40. Shares in Dassault Aviation SA (EPA: AM ) rose to all time highs; up 14.77% or 36.40 to 282.80.

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 April delivery was up 1.89% or 53.89 to $2,902.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $69.58 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.13% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.00% at 106.48.