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

The index rose 1.43% at the Paris close.

WFD Unibail Rodamco NV climbed 6.57%, or 3.82 points, to close at 61.96. Meanwhile, Worldline SA (PA:), an additional 5.43%, or 2.49 points, to reach 48.45 Safran Late trade saw a 5.19% or 5.12 point increase in SA (PA) to 103.78

These were the worst performers of the session. Hermes International SCA, which dropped 2.96% (or 47.50 point) to trade at 1559.00 at the closing. Eurofins Scientific SE(PA:), which declined 2.92 points or 2.96 to close at 101.96, and Capgemini SE [PA:] was down 0.60 percent or 1.20 to 200.20.

WFD Unibail Rodamco NV – AS: ranked the top on SBF 120, rising 6.57% and reaching 61.96 Casino Guichard Perrachon SA, (PA:), which rose 6.12% to settle 21.15. Air France KLM SA was also up at PA: and gained 5.95% until it closed at 3.95.

They were among the most disappointing. Valneva (PA) fell 8.81% to 21.540 late trade Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA, (PA:), lost 4.88% to settle on 456.40; Hermes International SCA(PA:), was down 2.9% to 15599.00 at the closing.

The Paris Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpassing declining stocks by 370 to 233, while 95 ended the same.

The was unchanged at 0%, to 18.96, an all-time high of 6-months.

For February delivery, Gold Futures fell 0.12% to $1781.75 per troy. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 2.64 percent or 3.98% to reach $68.90 per barrel in January, while February Brent oil contracts rose 2.56 or 3.66% to trade at $72.44 per barrel.

EUR/USD fell 0.3% to 1.1279 while EUR/GBP dropped 0.4% to 0.8510.

At 96.325, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.22%.