Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the CAC Basic Materials, CAC Consumer Service and CAC Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which rose 1.54% or 0.47 points to trade at 30.91 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) added 1.29% or 0.62 points to end at 48.58 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) was up 0.89% or 0.21 points to 23.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which fell 2.60% or 2.14 points to trade at 80.30 in late trade. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) declined 1.20% or 0.56 points to end at 46.26 and Air Liquide SA (EPA:AIRP) down 0.73% or 1.14 points to 154.24.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which unchanged 14.29% to 0.00, Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU) which was up 13.62% to settle at 177.70 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which gained 4.15% to close at 7.02.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 7.21% to 2.29 in late trade, Ayvens SA (EPA:AYV) which lost 2.83% to settle at 6.18 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which was down 2.60% to 80.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 263 to 246 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) fell to all time lows; down 7.21% or 0.18 to 2.29. Shares in Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU) rose to all time highs; rising 13.62% or 21.30 to 177.70.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.49% or 12.84 to $2,632.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.98% or 0.68 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.72 to trade at $71.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 107.81.