Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.93%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 1.30% or 1.22 points to trade at 94.92 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.56% or 0.37 points to end at 65.98 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 0.53% or 0.28 points to 52.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 6.69% or 0.870 points to trade at 12.125 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 4.65% or 3.60 points to end at 73.76 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 3.21% or 1.06 points to 32.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which rose 1.39% to 38.57, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was up 1.30% to settle at 94.92 and BIC (PA:BICP) which gained 1.07% to close at 90.00.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 8.74% to 31.100 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 6.69% to settle at 12.125 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.79% to 74.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 458 to 139 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 11.43% to 18.00.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.24% or 2.90 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.08% or 0.65 to hit $60.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.85 to trade at $71.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 97.34.
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