Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 1.01% or 0.98 points to trade at 98.48 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 0.66% or 1.95 points to end at 297.50 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.61% or 0.08 points to 13.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 1.86% or 0.49 points to trade at 25.90 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.48% or 0.395 points to end at 26.285 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.46% or 1.38 points to 92.96.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 2.97% to 8.835, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was up 1.27% to settle at 151.80 and Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which gained 1.20% to close at 130.85.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 4.11% to 8.582 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.42% to settle at 2.426 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 2.71% to 1.075 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 315 to 241 and 110 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.70% to 14.95 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.40% or 17.10 to $1201.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.65% or 1.79 to hit $65.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.14% or 1.56 to trade at $71.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1387, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.29.