Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.46%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 0.98% or 0.14 points to trade at 13.96 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 0.11% or 0.06 points to end at 49.23 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.18% or 0.03 points to 13.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 9.08% or 1.415 points to trade at 14.170 in late trade. Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) declined 4.19% or 4.95 points to end at 113.15 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 3.60% or 18.80 points to 503.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which rose 1.56% to 110.80, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was up 0.98% to settle at 13.96 and Dassault Aviation SA (PA:AVMD) which gained 0.56% to close at 1263.00.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 9.08% to 14.170 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 7.56% to settle at 78.300 and Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which was down 5.67% to 39.58 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 439 to 130 and 75 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 16.71% to 16.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1275.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.13 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $72.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1168, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8778.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.765.