Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 2.29% or 1.15 points to trade at 51.40 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.71% or 0.300 points to end at 17.865 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 1.47% or 0.20 points to 14.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 4.90% or 1.41 points to trade at 27.34 in late trade. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 4.10% or 4.55 points to end at 106.40 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) shed 3.66% or 0.505 points to 13.280.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 3.85% to 68.00, Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was up 3.35% to settle at 18.80 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.64% to close at 2.100.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 7.37% to 75.900 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 5.02% to settle at 10.21 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 4.90% to 27.34 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 332 to 266 and 70 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.32% to 18.67.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1231.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.43% or 0.27 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.44 to trade at $73.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.22.