France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials , Healthcare and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.14%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA: AIR ), which rose 1.74% or 2.06 points to trade at 120.74 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) added 1.13% or 0.25 points to end at 22.46 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA: DAST ) was up 1.01% or 1.35 points to 134.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ), which lost 2.14% or 0.64 points to trade at 29.22 in late trade. Safran SA (PA: SAF ) declined 1.95% or 2.45 points to end at 123.00 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA: PUBP ) shed 1.50% or 0.70 points to 45.83.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA: GNFT ) which rose 5.87% to 22.740, DBV Technologies (PA: DBV ) which was up 5.81% to settle at 16.400 and Euronext (PA: ENX ) which gained 1.85% to close at 57.70.

The worst performers were ALD SA (PA: ALDA ) which was down 4.03% to 12.86 in late trade, Elior Group (PA: ELIOR ) which lost 2.92% to settle at 11.97 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA: TFFP ) which was down 2.56% to 8.195 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 305 to 278 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.66% to 14.13.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.35 to $1301.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.14% or 1.35 to hit $64.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.74 to trade at $71.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8620.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.648.