Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.93%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.00% or 0.53 points to trade at 26.97 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 1.18% or 0.25 points to end at 21.38 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 0.48% or 0.135 points to 28.140 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 4.81% or 0.67 points to trade at 13.25 in late trade. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 1.94% or 2.85 points to end at 144.40 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.89% or 1.64 points to 85.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 2.68% to 7.194, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 2.00% to settle at 26.97 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 1.69% to close at 84.000.
The worst performers were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 16.03% to 30.60 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 4.87% to settle at 13.66 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which was down 4.81% to 13.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 383 to 196 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.60% to 13.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.10 to $1280.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 1.03 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1605, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.50.