Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 2.12% or 2.10 points to trade at 101.00 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.03% or 0.510 points to end at 25.630 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 1.38% or 0.49 points to 36.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 2.04% or 0.325 points to trade at 15.580 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 1.44% or 4.20 points to end at 288.15 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 1.39% or 6.20 points to 441.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which rose 7.63% to 35.40, Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was up 4.34% to settle at 47.62 and ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which gained 2.82% to close at 16.77.
The worst performers were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 4.51% to 137.70 in late trade, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which lost 3.68% to settle at 7.190 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.78% to 24.500 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 272 and 114 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.72% to 13.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.53% or 6.40 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $68.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.28 to trade at $77.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1690, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.06.