Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which rose 2.39% or 0.455 points to trade at 19.520 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 1.07% or 0.50 points to end at 47.20 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 0.96% or 0.86 points to 90.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.95% or 0.81 points to trade at 26.68 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.72% or 7.10 points to end at 405.00 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 1.54% or 2.00 points to 128.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 2.78% to 64.650, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 2.39% to settle at 19.520 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which gained 2.01% to close at 15.200.
The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 4.33% to 54.15 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 3.31% to settle at 36.860 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 2.95% to 26.68 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 328 to 282 and 83 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.52% to 12.47 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.93% or 12.60 to $1339.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.97% or 0.64 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 1.02 to trade at $69.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.2359, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8797.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 89.32.