France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%

Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs , Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.12%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ), which rose 1.26% or 0.192 points to trade at 15.406 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) added 1.04% or 0.23 points to end at 22.36 and L’Oreal SA (PA: OREP ) was up 0.75% or 1.90 points to 254.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sodexo SA (PA: EXHO ), which lost 4.18% or 4.36 points to trade at 99.94 in late trade. Renault SA (PA: RENA ) declined 1.90% or 1.04 points to end at 53.63 and Thales (PA: TCFP ) shed 1.60% or 1.70 points to 104.45.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SEB SA (PA: SEBF ) which rose 2.68% to 160.70, CGG SA (PA: GEPH ) which was up 2.22% to settle at 1.819 and Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which gained 1.87% to close at 2.719.

The worst performers were Klepierre SA (PA: LOIM ) which was down 4.36% to 29.63 in late trade, Sodexo SA (PA: EXHO ) which lost 4.18% to settle at 99.94 and DBV Technologies (PA: DBV ) which was down 4.12% to 18.600 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 319 to 250 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.67% to 12.65.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 1.05 to $1399.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.32 to hit $57.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.30 to trade at $64.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8960.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.955.