Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.02% to hit a new 6-months low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 2.05% or 1.51 points to trade at 75.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.26% or 0.17 points to end at 13.63 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 1.17% or 0.62 points to 53.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 2.44% or 2.45 points to trade at 97.81 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 2.32% or 8.80 points to end at 370.90 and Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) was down 1.93% or 2.20 points to 111.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which rose 4.75% to 93.70, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was up 4.18% to settle at 27.92 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which gained 2.69% to close at 37.80.
The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 5.67% to 58.250 in late trade, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which lost 4.23% to settle at 26.51 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.26% to 7.956 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 254 to 179 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.67% or 3.500 to 58.250. Shares in Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.23% or 1.17 to 26.51.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.41% to 18.17.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 8.20 to $1230.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $71.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.02 to trade at $80.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8802.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.69.