Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.71% or 0.45 points to trade at 26.81 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.15% or 0.63 points to end at 55.53 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 0.91% or 0.20 points to 22.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 2.32% or 0.95 points to trade at 40.00 in late trade. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.92% or 0.74 points to end at 37.81 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) shed 1.73% or 1.44 points to 81.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 4.38% to 17.17, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 4.27% to settle at 7.820 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 3.81% to close at 54.500.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 4.46% to 22.30 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 3.12% to settle at 55.22 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.83% to 8.706 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 341 to 232 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.69% to 13.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.80 to $1205.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.16% or 1.53 to hit $72.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.75% or 2.15 to trade at $80.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1770, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.69.