France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.99%

Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Media and Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.99%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.12%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB), which rose 2.40% or 1.80 points to trade at 76.84 at the close. Air Liquide SA (EPA:AIRP) added 2.37% or 3.84 points to end at 166.20 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) was up 2.02% or 4.35 points to 219.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which lost 2.52% or 5.95 points to trade at 230.30 in late trade. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) declined 1.51% or 0.61 points to end at 39.73 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) shed 0.84% or 0.14 points to 15.98.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which rose 5.95% to 3.49, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which was up 5.62% to settle at 188.75 and Biomerieux SA (EPA:BIOX) which gained 4.45% to close at 110.30.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 7.13% to 13.67 in late trade, Rubis SCA (EPA:RUBF) which lost 5.06% to settle at 24.02 and Elis Services SA (EPA:ELIS) which was down 4.82% to 18.56 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 259 to 227 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 5.35 to $2,529.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.06% or 0.72 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.50 to trade at $71.56 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.50.