Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.12% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 2.25% or 1.89 points to trade at 86.00 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.31% or 0.20 points to end at 15.06 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.27% or 0.32 points to 25.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 4.55% or 5.95 points to trade at 124.80 in late trade. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 2.15% or 1.48 points to end at 67.44 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) shed 2.14% or 1.02 points to 46.98.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which rose 2.25% to 86.00, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was up 1.31% to settle at 15.06 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 1.27% to close at 25.50.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was down 8.88% to 13.960 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 5.08% to settle at 47.610 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 4.55% to 124.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 391 to 209 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.21% to 13.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.25% or 3.12 to $1268.28 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.81% or 0.37 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.29 to trade at $48.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.24.