Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.17%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 1.52% or 3.85 points to trade at 257.25 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.95% or 0.59 points to end at 62.94 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 0.90% or 0.84 points to 94.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.44% or 1.06 points to trade at 72.60 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 1.43% or 0.43 points to end at 29.69 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) shed 1.26% or 0.21 points to 16.41.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 5.24% to 10.210, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 5.00% to settle at 63.000 and Vicat (PA:VCTP) which gained 2.68% to close at 44.46.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 4.02% to 65.70 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 3.78% to settle at 11.950 and Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was down 3.06% to 82.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 307 to 278 and 79 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.04% to 15.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1279.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $54.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $62.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1369, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.982.