Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.01% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 2.26% or 0.47 points to trade at 21.02 at the close. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 2.08% or 0.415 points to end at 20.335 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 1.58% or 0.22 points to 14.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safran SA (PA:SAF), which lost 2.71% or 2.47 points to trade at 88.75 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 2.14% or 1.85 points to end at 84.71 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 1.58% or 2.00 points to 124.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 3.16% to 68.470, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 2.86% to settle at 21.61 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which gained 2.26% to close at 21.02.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.83% to 39.320 in late trade, Safran SA (PA:SAF) which lost 2.71% to settle at 88.75 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 2.69% to 33.88 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 309 to 287 and 99 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 12.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.47% or 5.95 to $1277.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $54.05 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.13 to trade at $60.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1633, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8808.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.47.