Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.27% or 0.360 points to trade at 28.795 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 0.53% or 0.11 points to end at 20.97 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 0.44% or 0.09 points to 19.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 2.01% or 1.26 points to trade at 61.40 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 1.66% or 0.325 points to end at 19.275 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) shed 1.56% or 1.02 points to 64.47.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 4.53% to 5.010, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was up 3.32% to settle at 24.920 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which gained 2.75% to close at 29.88.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 5.30% to 42.500 in late trade, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which lost 2.60% to settle at 149.80 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 2.49% to 84.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 327 to 265 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.97% to 17.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.50% or 6.80 to $1349.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.15% or 0.71 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.55 to trade at $65.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.12.