Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.11%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 0.40% or 0.15 points to trade at 37.92 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 0.24% or 0.045 points to end at 18.560 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 0.24% or 0.12 points to 50.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 4.43% or 0.81 points to trade at 17.57 in late trade. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) declined 2.76% or 0.82 points to end at 29.02 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) shed 2.44% or 1.01 points to 40.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 3.30% to 56.40, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 2.80% to settle at 14.34 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which gained 1.70% to close at 26.34.
The worst performers were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 11.39% to 77.05 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which lost 7.39% to settle at 53.14 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 6.81% to 43.000 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 436 to 154 and 75 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.53% to 19.53.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.62% or 7.70 to $1249.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.73% or 0.89 to hit $50.58 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.47 to trade at $59.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.1349, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.575.