Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.07% or 0.14 points to trade at 13.28 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 0.93% or 0.41 points to end at 44.63 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.65% or 0.75 points to 117.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.22% or 0.86 points to trade at 25.84 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.34% or 0.340 points to end at 25.115 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.32% or 0.65 points to 48.51.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 4.78% to 1.075, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 2.19% to settle at 13.05 and Orpea (PA:ORP) which gained 1.76% to close at 124.00.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 5.95% to 16.99 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.22% to settle at 25.84 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.85% to 2.248 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 301 to 263 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.31% to 11.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 2.60 to $1238.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.02% or 2.81 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.33% or 3.26 to trade at $72.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1696, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.37.