Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.57% to hit a new 6-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.18% or 0.22 points to trade at 18.83 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 0.67% or 0.30 points to end at 44.80 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 0.37% or 0.90 points to 243.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.65% or 0.64 points to trade at 23.49 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 2.17% or 2.40 points to end at 108.35 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 2.03% or 1.10 points to 53.22.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 3.31% to 84.150, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 2.87% to settle at 62.750 and Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which gained 1.48% to close at 23.33.
The worst performers were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was down 3.66% to 60.55 in late trade, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which lost 3.29% to settle at 42.05 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 3.25% to 68.540 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 350 to 212 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.05% to 20.22.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.39% or 5.20 to $1355.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.53% or 0.35 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.25 to trade at $69.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.2447, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.