France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%

© Reuters. France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.12%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.26% or 0.192 points to trade at 15.406 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 1.04% or 0.23 points to end at 22.36 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.75% or 1.90 points to 254.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which lost 4.18% or 4.36 points to trade at 99.94 in late trade. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.90% or 1.04 points to end at 53.63 and Thales (PA:TCFP) shed 1.60% or 1.70 points to 104.45.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which rose 2.68% to 160.70, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 2.22% to settle at 1.819 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 1.87% to close at 2.719.

The worst performers were Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which was down 4.36% to 29.63 in late trade, Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) which lost 4.18% to settle at 99.94 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.12% to 18.600 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 319 to 250 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.67% to 12.65.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 1.05 to $1399.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.32 to hit $57.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.30 to trade at $64.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8960.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.955.