Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.69% or 0.63 points to trade at 24.01 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) added 2.39% or 1.36 points to end at 58.20 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.21% or 0.54 points to 45.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which lost 1.33% or 5.40 points to trade at 401.50 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 1.13% or 0.74 points to end at 64.48 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) shed 0.95% or 0.190 points to 19.800.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 4.57% to 69.850, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.31% to settle at 120.90 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 3.92% to close at 18.80.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 4.24% to 12.765 in late trade, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which lost 3.65% to settle at 32.24 and Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which was down 2.46% to 25.74 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 294 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.71% to 10.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.20 to $1341.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.29 to trade at $70.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.2273, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 90.14.