Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 1.65% or 1.90 points to trade at 116.90 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 0.31% or 0.23 points to end at 75.56 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 0.23% or 0.035 points to 14.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which lost 2.86% or 0.56 points to trade at 18.83 in late trade. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 1.38% or 1.15 points to end at 82.30 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.20% or 0.26 points to 21.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which rose 1.65% to 116.90, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 1.13% to settle at 19.74 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 1.05% to close at 12.06.
The worst performers were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 2.86% to 18.83 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 2.30% to settle at 23.770 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 1.87% to 73.370 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 379 to 208 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.78% to 14.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.10% or 14.23 to $1312.13 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.49% or 1.67 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.70 to trade at $51.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.9264.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.18.