Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the CAC Industrials, CAC Technology and CAC Health Care sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.30%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV), which rose 2.14% or 0.05 points to trade at 2.53 at the close. Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY) added 1.55% or 0.44 points to end at 28.87 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) was up 1.31% or 0.18 points to 13.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW), which fell 3.33% or 2.46 points to trade at 71.32 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) declined 2.60% or 0.63 points to end at 23.42 and Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP) down 2.05% or 2.06 points to 98.34.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which unchanged 10.00% to 0.00, Forvia (EPA:FRVIA) which was up 3.77% to settle at 8.91 and Eurazeo (EPA:EURA) which gained 3.73% to close at 75.15.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was down 6.90% to 7.28 in late trade, Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU) which lost 4.60% to settle at 165.80 and Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was down 4.10% to 11.92 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 306 to 194 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
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 1.25% or 33.94 to $2,681.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.32% or 1.76 to hit $77.51 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.58 to trade at $81.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 109.75.