France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.21%

Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Services, Gas&Water and Support Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.46%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW), which rose 1.28% or 0.98 points to trade at 77.50 at the close. Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY) added 1.23% or 0.39 points to end at 32.04 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE) was up 1.14% or 0.34 points to 30.12 in late trade.

Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which lost 3.36% or 0.87 points to trade at 24.89 in late trade. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) declined 1.83% or 0.66 points to end at 35.50 and Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) shed 1.55% or 3.00 points to 190.15.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rexel (EPA:RXL) which rose 9.06% to 25.05, Virbac SA (EPA:VIRB) which was up 7.99% to settle at 392.00 and ICADE (EPA:ICAD) which gained 4.01% to close at 26.46.

The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was down 15.22% to 6.12 in late trade, Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which lost 7.67% to settle at 93.25 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 5.61% to 3.94 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 273 to 211 and 105 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 down 0.11% or 2.95 to $2,607.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.48% or 1.00 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.91 to trade at $72.52 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 100.42.