Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 2.46% or 1.65 points to trade at 68.70 at the close. Airbus Group (PA:AIR) added 1.46% or 0.87 points to end at 60.45 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.22% or 0.56 points to 46.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which lost 2.19% or 4.75 points to trade at 211.70 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.07% or 0.39 points to end at 18.50 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 1.66% or 0.83 points to 49.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 6.96% to 5.963, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was up 5.35% to settle at 49.92 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 3.77% to close at 11.15.
The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 3.19% to 70.14 in late trade, Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which lost 2.19% to settle at 211.70 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 2.08% to 13.180 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 313 to 282 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.41% to 15.66.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.43% or 5.05 to $1166.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.26% or 1.68 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 1.72 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.0638, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8378.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 100.98.