Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.62% to hit a new 52-week low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.89% or 6.80 points to trade at 367.00 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.79% or 0.53 points to end at 30.17 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.80% or 0.70 points to 88.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which lost 2.87% or 0.92 points to trade at 31.19 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.86% or 0.74 points to end at 25.17 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) shed 2.79% or 2.58 points to 90.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which rose 1.89% to 367.00, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which was up 1.83% to settle at 25.57 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which gained 1.79% to close at 30.17.
The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 7.49% to 61.750 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 3.39% to settle at 27.36 and Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was down 3.27% to 13.900 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 364 to 216 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.65% to 17.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1224.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $69.14 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $79.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1469, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.76.