Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.71%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 0.94% or 0.66 points to trade at 70.69 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) added 0.64% or 0.24 points to end at 38.40 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 0.26% or 0.30 points to 114.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which lost 2.60% or 1.24 points to trade at 46.31 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.94% or 1.21 points to end at 61.22 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.83% or 1.14 points to 61.29.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 11.76% to 32.970, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 1.41% to settle at 22.935 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 1.29% to close at 35.70.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which was down 7.40% to 58.48 in late trade, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which lost 2.60% to settle at 46.31 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which was down 2.41% to 16.61 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 334 to 272 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.72% to 18.35 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1254.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.59% or 0.30 to hit $50.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.35 to trade at $53.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0657, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8538.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.47.