Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.46%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 2.73% or 0.52 points to trade at 19.58 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 0.58% or 0.40 points to end at 69.00 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 0.49% or 1.15 points to 233.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.15% or 0.98 points to trade at 30.26 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 2.01% or 0.93 points to end at 45.20 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 1.83% or 0.154 points to 8.255.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which rose 2.73% to 19.58, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 2.71% to settle at 52.21 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which gained 2.18% to close at 32.52.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 7.35% to 7.4400 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.57% to settle at 5.126 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 3.15% to 30.26 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 356 to 266 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.79% to 15.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.65 to $1227.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.36% or 0.19 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.0585, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.66.