France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.34%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.34%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.19%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS: ISPA ), which rose 1.87% or 0.096 points to trade at 5.220 at the close. Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) added 1.63% or 2.50 points to end at 155.65 and Valeo SA (PA: VLOF ) was up 1.54% or 0.64 points to 42.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA: NOKIA ), which lost 1.53% or 0.082 points to trade at 5.266 in late trade. Orange SA (PA: ORAN ) declined 1.26% or 0.18 points to end at 14.45 and Total SA (PA: TOTF ) shed 1.01% or 0.45 points to 43.48.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA: BIOX ) which rose 3.92% to 124.70, Spie SA (PA: SPIE ) which was up 3.06% to settle at 17.190 and Eutelsat Communications (PA: ETL ) which gained 2.97% to close at 17.18.

The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA: ZODC ) which was down 2.24% to 20.30 in late trade, Nokia Oyj (PA: NOKIA ) which lost 1.53% to settle at 5.266 and Maurel Et Prom (PA: MAUP ) which was down 1.37% to 2.870 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 390 to 250 and 111 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.03% to 19.59.

In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1328.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.65% or 0.77 to hit $45.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 0.80 to trade at $46.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1069, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8348.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.59.