Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 6.35% or 3.16 points to trade at 52.92 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 2.03% or 0.31 points to end at 15.60 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.14% or 0.220 points to 19.560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.43% or 0.691 points to trade at 19.414 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 1.53% or 1.13 points to end at 72.63 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 1.01% or 1.20 points to 117.60.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which rose 6.35% to 52.92, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was up 3.36% to settle at 10.615 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 2.33% to close at 62.49.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 3.47% to 44.500 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 3.43% to settle at 19.414 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 2.11% to 14.365 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 359 to 267 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.70% to 14.22.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 5.86 to $1259.46 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.85% or 0.43 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.31 to trade at $53.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1233, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.88.