Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 1.04% or 0.66 points to trade at 64.40 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 0.84% or 0.170 points to end at 20.370 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 0.83% or 0.250 points to 30.475 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 2.38% or 2.37 points to trade at 97.08 in late trade. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 1.18% or 0.18 points to end at 15.01 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) shed 1.16% or 0.72 points to 61.32.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 3.31% to 13.73, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 2.67% to settle at 18.43 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.43% to close at 39.600.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was down 2.38% to 97.08 in late trade, Euronext (PA:ENX) which lost 2.28% to settle at 55.60 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 2.24% to 30.54 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 303 to 255 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.79% to 11.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1319.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.91 to trade at $78.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1974, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.25.