Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.92% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 0.30% or 0.21 points to trade at 69.22 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) fell 0.48% or 0.07 points to end at 14.43 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 0.96% or 0.14 points to 14.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 5.60% or 1.57 points to trade at 26.45 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 5.04% or 1.380 points to end at 25.980 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) shed 4.59% or 0.925 points to 19.235.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which rose 1.79% to 1.082, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 1.33% to settle at 74.86 and Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which gained 0.80% to close at 20.14.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 6.21% to 16.53 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 6.10% to settle at 49.580 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 5.60% to 26.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 412 to 170 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 24.12% to 16.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1267.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.51% or 0.35 to hit $68.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.54% or 1.16 to trade at $74.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1694, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.03.