Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.20% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY), which rose 3.62% or 3.66 points to trade at 104.86 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) added 2.18% or 1.58 points to end at 74.04 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) was up 1.65% or 0.17 points to 10.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which lost 3.03% or 3.00 points to trade at 95.86 in late trade. Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) declined 2.93% or 1.12 points to end at 37.09 and Thales (EPA:TCFP) shed 2.37% or 3.60 points to 148.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ICADE (EPA:ICAD) which rose 5.23% to 21.34, Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) which was up 3.62% to settle at 104.86 and Covivio SA (EPA:CVO) which gained 2.98% to close at 51.90.
The worst performers were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which was down 12.05% to 7.90 in late trade, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which lost 8.44% to settle at 1.77 and Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 7.27% to 0.76 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 302 to 186 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 6.20 to $2,533.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.95% or 0.70 to hit $74.25 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.55 to trade at $77.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 101.62.