Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Gas Water sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR), which rose 1.39% or 0.175 points to trade at 12.745 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran (PARIS:SAF) added 1.37% or 0.86 points to end at 63.76 and Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) was up 1.37% or 0.76 points to 56.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi (PARIS:VIV), which fell 4.93% or 1.07 points to trade at 20.74 at the close. Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) declined 3.96% or 2.63 points to end at 63.71 and Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) was down 2.27% or 1.12 points to 48.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) which rose 5.29% to 58.330, Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was up 4.59% to settle at 10.250 and Klepierre (PARIS:LOIM) which gained 3.28% to close at 45.12.
The worst performers were Vivendi (PARIS:VIV) which was down 4.93% to 20.74 in late trade, Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP) which lost 3.96% to settle at 63.71 and Eurofins Scientific (PARIS:EUFI) which was down 2.97% to 235.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 462 to 459 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safran (PARIS:SAF) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.37% or 0.86 to 63.76. Shares in Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.37% or 0.76 to 56.09. Shares in Numericable Pr (PARIS:NUME) rose to all time highs; up 5.29% or 2.930 to 58.330.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.68% to 18.25.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.42% or 5.10 to $1208.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.43% or 0.71 to hit $50.47 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 3.38% or 2.12 to trade at $60.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1178, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.7280.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.52.