Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE), which rose 0.63% or 0.10 points to trade at 15.24 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (EPA:CAGR) added 0.60% or 0.08 points to end at 13.31 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) was up 0.46% or 0.04 points to 9.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP), which lost 2.06% or 7.10 points to trade at 337.40 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) declined 1.54% or 0.38 points to end at 24.00 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) shed 1.47% or 0.46 points to 30.86.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which rose 2.20% to 2.79, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was up 2.07% to settle at 2.27 and Dassault Aviation SA (EPA:AM) which gained 1.61% to close at 195.80.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was unchanged 7.41% to 0.00 in late trade, L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP) which lost 2.06% to settle at 337.40 and Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was down 2.05% to 2.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 274 to 237 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.60% or 15.91 to $2,615.99 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.36% or 0.96 to hit $71.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.71 to trade at $74.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 108.05.