Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.80%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 0.39% or 0.080 points to trade at 20.220 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) fell 0.52% or 0.55 points to end at 105.80 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was down 0.55% or 0.48 points to 87.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which lost 4.45% or 0.88 points to trade at 18.89 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 3.27% or 1.53 points to end at 45.42 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) shed 2.95% or 0.94 points to 30.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 2.09% to 63.58, Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was up 0.30% to settle at 47.39 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 0.23% to close at 66.14.
The worst performers were AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which was down 4.45% to 18.89 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.87% to settle at 3.875 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 3.27% to 45.42 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 506 to 163 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 18.05% to 19.46.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 2.05 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.46% or 1.54 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.12% or 1.45 to trade at $47.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1254, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8679.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.