Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.47% to hit a new 52-week low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.62% or 0.09 points to trade at 14.67 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.47% or 0.36 points to end at 76.91 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 0.34% or 0.30 points to 88.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 4.57% or 0.88 points to trade at 18.26 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 3.99% or 0.71 points to end at 17.20 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 3.98% or 2.29 points to 55.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 1.39% to 49.700, Mercialys (PA:MERY) which was up 1.05% to settle at 12.57 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 0.75% to close at 67.60.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 24.40% to 48.80 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 16.17% to settle at 1.078 and Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was down 8.39% to 43.44 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 502 to 97 and 69 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.40% to 22.74.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 2.95 to $1249.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.75% or 0.92 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.77 to trade at $60.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1377, while EUR/GBP rose 1.16% to 0.9047.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 96.993.