Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.02% to hit a new 6-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 2.05% or 1.51 points to trade at 75.29 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.26% or 0.17 points to end at 13.63 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.17% or 0.62 points to 53.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 2.44% or 2.45 points to trade at 97.81 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 2.32% or 8.80 points to end at 370.90 and Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) shed 1.93% or 2.20 points to 111.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 4.75% to 93.70, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 4.18% to settle at 27.92 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which gained 2.69% to close at 37.80.
The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 5.67% to 58.250 in late trade, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which lost 4.23% to settle at 26.51 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.26% to 7.956 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 254 to 179 and 51 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.41% to 18.17.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 8.10 to $1230.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $71.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $80.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1588, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 94.70.