Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.23%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 4.20% or 0.97 points to trade at 24.06 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 2.73% or 0.60 points to end at 22.80 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.27% or 0.335 points to 26.790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 2.10% or 1.84 points to trade at 85.93 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 1.76% or 2.20 points to end at 122.45 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) shed 1.49% or 1.31 points to 86.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 4.51% to 22.500, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was up 4.39% to settle at 33.89 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which gained 4.31% to close at 4.600.
The worst performers were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 5.30% to 10.00 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 3.10% to settle at 64.430 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 2.52% to 11.02 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 311 to 293 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 12.29% to 10.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1247.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.73% or 0.42 to hit $57.78 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.74% or 1.10 to trade at $64.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1793, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8830.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.80.