Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.78% or 0.16 points to trade at 20.55 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.47% or 0.31 points to end at 66.50 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 0.44% or 0.25 points to 56.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which lost 1.99% or 1.31 points to trade at 64.68 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.78% or 0.85 points to end at 47.17 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.50% or 0.230 points to 15.105.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which rose 2.18% to 42.50, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 1.38% to settle at 41.65 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 0.91% to close at 51.22.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 3.59% to 24.150 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 2.40% to settle at 12.62 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 2.09% to 9.21 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 362 to 227 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.84% to 17.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.21 to $1294.81 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.77% or 0.86 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 0.95 to trade at $51.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1811, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9153.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.04.