Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Personal Goods, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Food Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.16%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY), which rose 3.77% or 1.27 points to trade at 34.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 2.80% or 0.27 points to end at 9.84 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) was up 2.65% or 1.48 points to 57.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF), which fell 1.46% or 0.30 points to trade at 20.54 at the close. Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) declined 1.43% or 0.67 points to end at 46.34 and Danone SA (PARIS:DANO) was down 1.24% or 0.72 points to 57.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PARIS:ILD) which rose 3.97% to 223.85, Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY) which was up 3.77% to settle at 34.92 and CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which gained 3.76% to close at 6.15.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which was down 2.73% to 17.275 in late trade, Rexel (PARIS:RXL) which lost 2.70% to settle at 16.05 and Fonciere des Regions (PARIS:FDR) which was down 1.89% to 93.63 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 502 to 419 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fonciere des Regions (PARIS:FDR) fell to 5-year highs; losing 1.89% or 1.80 to 93.63.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.15% to 22.97.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.39% or 4.80 to $1231.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $61.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1355, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.7392.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 94.44.