Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.38%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 4.08% or 0.445 points to trade at 11.350 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.62% or 0.66 points to end at 18.89 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 2.96% or 0.73 points to 25.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 1.99% or 1.50 points to trade at 73.84 in late trade. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.84% or 1.14 points to end at 60.84 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) shed 1.83% or 1.56 points to 83.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 6.57% to 1.249, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was up 5.94% to settle at 17.480 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 4.28% to close at 13.40.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.97% to 13.060 in late trade, Thales (PA:TCFP) which lost 2.15% to settle at 100.00 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which was down 1.99% to 73.84 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 348 to 236 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.47% to 20.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1289.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.73% or 1.31 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.17 to trade at $58.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.64% to 1.1466, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8979.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 95.297.