Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.45%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.60% or 3.40 points to trade at 216.35 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.08% or 0.83 points to end at 77.52 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 0.95% or 1.70 points to 180.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 2.85% or 0.134 points to trade at 4.575 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 2.40% or 1.14 points to end at 46.20 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) shed 2.14% or 0.50 points to 22.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 3.12% to 77.34, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 2.99% to settle at 48.20 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which gained 2.89% to close at 10.505.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 3.00% to 26.810 in late trade, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which lost 2.85% to settle at 4.575 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was down 2.40% to 46.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 314 to 283 and 79 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.91% to 15.13.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.81% or 9.55 to $1182.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.89% or 1.56 to hit $52.43 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.84% or 1.62 to trade at $55.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.0565, while EUR/GBP rose 1.34% to 0.8690.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 101.99.