Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 1.48% or 0.76 points to trade at 51.98 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 1.30% or 0.285 points to end at 22.230 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 1.29% or 1.60 points to 125.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 1.23% or 0.92 points to trade at 73.64 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.06% or 0.21 points to end at 19.61 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.92% or 0.78 points to 83.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 4.71% to 5.686, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 3.24% to settle at 56.07 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 1.91% to close at 13.610.
The worst performers were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 2.23% to 12.73 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 2.17% to settle at 39.13 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was down 1.64% to 31.21 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 291 to 258 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.27% to 11.91 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.48% or 5.95 to $1233.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.58% or 0.27 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.18 to trade at $48.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1474, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8786.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.95.