Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.22% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 0.58% or 0.120 points to trade at 20.820 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.57% or 0.07 points to end at 13.20 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 0.33% or 0.24 points to 72.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 5.25% or 1.50 points to trade at 27.05 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 5.17% or 0.840 points to end at 15.400 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) shed 4.99% or 0.745 points to 14.170.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which rose 1.96% to 156.00, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 1.67% to settle at 1.550 and Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which gained 1.41% to close at 100.90.
The worst performers were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 5.77% to 9.230 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 5.65% to settle at 37.25 and Covivio SA (PA:FDR) which was down 5.59% to 92.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 455 to 123 and 68 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.51% to 18.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.08% or 13.85 to $1301.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.62% or 1.00 to hit $60.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.88 to trade at $69.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1237, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8677.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.100.