Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.19% or 0.16 points to trade at 13.59 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 1.17% or 0.89 points to end at 76.89 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 0.74% or 0.20 points to 27.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which lost 1.10% or 0.15 points to trade at 13.97 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 0.85% or 1.50 points to end at 175.30 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) shed 0.70% or 0.23 points to 31.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 7.50% to 4.157, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was up 3.38% to settle at 11.330 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.92% to close at 22.9000.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.19% to 5.133 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 1.41% to settle at 8.712 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was down 1.10% to 13.97 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 336 to 285 and 121 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.62% to 17.66.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.15 to $1347.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.47% or 1.10 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.15 to trade at $48.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1191, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8691.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.54.