Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.88%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which rose 1.24% or 0.78 points to trade at 63.65 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.22% or 0.15 points to end at 68.80 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.15% or 0.02 points to 13.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.36% or 0.92 points to trade at 26.43 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 2.54% or 2.55 points to end at 97.71 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 2.30% or 11.10 points to 472.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 1.92% to 137.95, Danone SA (PA:DANO) which was up 1.24% to settle at 63.65 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which gained 0.81% to close at 111.90.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.06% to 107.00 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 4.49% to settle at 455.00 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 3.86% to 8.59 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 406 to 166 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.07% to 16.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.82% or 10.30 to $1244.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.78% or 1.41 to trade at $77.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.1607, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.78.