Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.75% to hit a new 3-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom (PARIS:ALSO), which fell 0.25% or 0.07 points to trade at 26.34 at the close. Schneider Electric (PARIS:SCHN) fell 0.28% or 0.18 points to end at 63.59 and Vivendi (PARIS:VIV) was down 0.38% or 0.09 points to 23.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which lost 4.01% or 0.75 points to trade at 17.96 in late trade. Valeo (PARIS:VLOF) declined 3.84% or 5.70 points to end at 142.90 and Accor (PARIS:ACCP) shed 3.33% or 1.61 points to 46.85.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior (PARIS:ELIOR) which rose 0.92% to 18.16, Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which was down 0.07% to settle at 35.77 and SES (PARIS:SESFd) which lost 0.16% to close at 31.11.
The worst performers were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 5.91% to 33.600 in late trade, Faurecia (PARIS:EPED) which lost 4.67% to settle at 37.65 and Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was down 4.35% to 14.080 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 792 to 120 and 53 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.36% to 27.23 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.73% or 8.60 to $1187.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.65% or 0.39 to hit $60.01 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.57 to trade at $64.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.7241.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.17.