Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Leisure Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.09%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 4.54% or 4.46 points to trade at 102.80 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP) added 3.59% or 2.14 points to end at 61.67 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) was up 3.10% or 0.68 points to 22.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST), which lost 2.27% or 0.80 points to trade at 34.50 in late trade. Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) declined 1.78% or 38.00 points to end at 2,102.00 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) shed 1.68% or 0.62 points to 36.24.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which rose 7.19% to 12.31, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was up 7.14% to settle at 1.53 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which gained 6.13% to close at 9.18.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which was down 4.31% to 146.70 in late trade, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) which lost 2.27% to settle at 34.50 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) which was down 1.78% to 2,102.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 398 to 125 and 79 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 August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.85 to $2,337.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.77% or 1.44 to hit $82.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 1.41 to trade at $86.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 105.61.