Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.87% or 0.290 points to trade at 15.765 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.68% or 1.08 points to end at 65.53 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.61% or 1.06 points to 66.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 2.96% or 0.132 points to trade at 4.323 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 2.70% or 0.335 points to end at 12.055 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 2.56% or 0.82 points to 31.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which rose 4.73% to 17.05, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.06% to settle at 7.005 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 2.36% to close at 195.55.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 5.00% to 10.0800 in late trade, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which lost 2.96% to settle at 4.323 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 2.70% to 12.055 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 304 and 89 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 14.98% to 16.61.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.90% or 10.85 to $1215.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.46 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.26 to trade at $55.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0724, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8595.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 100.33.