Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.10%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which fell 0.05% or 0.03 points to trade at 65.45 at the close. Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) fell 0.13% or 0.15 points to end at 111.65 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.16% or 0.02 points to 12.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST), which lost 2.89% or 3.55 points to trade at 119.45 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.28% or 0.60 points to end at 25.71 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) shed 2.15% or 2.40 points to 109.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 4.82% to 1.218, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was up 4.10% to settle at 90.05 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 1.79% to close at 100.75.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 6.97% to 65.40 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 5.63% to settle at 46.620 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 4.76% to 23.620 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 456 to 136 and 74 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.80% to 16.84 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.32% or 15.90 to $1189.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.69% or 0.51 to hit $73.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.83 to trade at $83.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1478, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.51.