Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, Industrials and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 2.94% or 2.20 points to trade at 76.95 at the close. Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) added 1.54% or 0.27 points to end at 17.75 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.34% or 1.15 points to 87.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PA:TECF), which lost 5.39% or 2.71 points to trade at 47.55 in late trade. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 5.07% or 3.60 points to end at 67.40 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 3.31% or 0.20 points to 5.76.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which rose 5.86% to 37.56, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was up 3.72% to settle at 61.60 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which gained 3.29% to close at 106.60.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 6.08% to 10.88 in late trade, Technip (PA:TECF) which lost 5.39% to settle at 47.55 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which was down 5.07% to 67.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 404 to 332 and 41 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.66% to 21.77.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.57% or 6.60 to $1162.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.18% or 1.58 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.01% or 1.59 to trade at $51.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1373, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.7407.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.79.