France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.37%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology , Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.35%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ), which rose 2.16% or 0.52 points to trade at 24.54 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) added 1.66% or 0.35 points to end at 21.40 and Credit Agricole SA (PA: CAGR ) was up 1.02% or 0.120 points to 11.900 in late trade.

Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA: STM ), which lost 2.63% or 0.505 points to trade at 18.670 in late trade. Air Liquide SA (PA: AIRP ) declined 2.51% or 2.80 points to end at 108.70 and Engie SA (PA: ENGIE ) shed 2.47% or 0.35 points to 13.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Metropole TV (PA: MMTP ) which rose 5.25% to 18.45, Nexans (PA: NEXS ) which was up 4.87% to settle at 28.42 and Tarkett (PA: TKTT ) which gained 2.80% to close at 23.46.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA: UBIP ) which was down 4.17% to 95.880 in late trade, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA: SOPR ) which lost 4.04% to settle at 152.00 and Alten (PA: LTEN ) which was down 3.72% to 85.50 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 305 to 262 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.49% to 12.88.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1221.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.04% or 1.40 to hit $70.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.83 to trade at $75.59 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8918.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 94.10.