Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.14% or 0.65 points to trade at 30.84 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 1.87% or 0.98 points to end at 53.32 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.73% or 1.13 points to 66.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which lost 1.96% or 3.45 points to trade at 172.65 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.82% or 0.215 points to end at 11.605 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) shed 1.40% or 0.59 points to 41.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 2.88% to 17.70, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was up 2.41% to settle at 26.93 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 2.14% to close at 30.84.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 3.20% to 9.0700 in late trade, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) which lost 1.96% to settle at 172.65 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 1.89% to 5.393 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 323 to 293 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.74% to 14.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.55 to $1238.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.86.