Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 1.55% or 0.077 points to trade at 5.032 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 1.23% or 0.47 points to end at 38.23 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.07% or 0.180 points to 16.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which lost 4.87% or 0.389 points to trade at 7.598 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 1.48% or 1.65 points to end at 109.95 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) shed 1.44% or 0.97 points to 66.34.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which rose 3.01% to 23.23, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 1.81% to settle at 22.795 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which gained 1.55% to close at 5.032.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 4.87% to 7.598 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 4.64% to settle at 29.400 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 4.60% to 7.162 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 371 to 238 and 111 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.74% to 16.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.49% or 6.15 to $1254.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.75% or 0.36 to hit $47.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $50.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.