Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.73% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 0.62% or 0.65 points to trade at 106.05 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.39% or 0.27 points to end at 69.23 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 0.05% or 0.05 points to 106.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 2.54% or 0.45 points to trade at 17.07 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.19% or 0.55 points to end at 24.37 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 1.29% or 1.00 points to 76.43.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which rose 1.43% to 56.71, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was up 0.68% to settle at 68.50 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 0.64% to close at 56.65.
The worst performers were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 10.39% to 10.52 in late trade, Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which lost 6.36% to settle at 73.41 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 3.78% to 12.61 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 480 to 148 and 72 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.33% to 13.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.07 to $1279.27 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.86 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $63.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1662, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.44.