Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Foods & Drugs and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.67%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA), which rose 2.04% or 0.063 points to trade at 3.156 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE) added 0.93% or 0.185 points to end at 20.030 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was up 0.19% or 0.07 points to 39.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR), which lost 2.95% or 0.340 points to trade at 11.190 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) declined 2.95% or 0.19 points to end at 6.11 and Airbus Group SE (PARIS:AIR) shed 1.91% or 1.06 points to 54.51.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PARIS:TFFP) which rose 6.15% to 13.555, GTT (PARIS:GTT) which was up 2.85% to settle at 45.82 and Alcatel Lucent SA (PARIS:ALUA) which gained 2.04% to close at 3.156.
The worst performers were Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which was down 8.43% to 39.50 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PARIS:CASP) which lost 3.44% to settle at 48.30 and Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which was down 3.34% to 3.79 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 480 to 241 and 53 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.86% to 29.77.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.43% or 4.70 to $1108.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.64% or 0.73 to hit $43.90 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.00% or 1.47 to trade at $47.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1307, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7330.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.43.