Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB), which rose 0.79% or 0.52 points to trade at 66.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR) added 0.66% or 0.92 points to end at 139.44 and Vinci SA (EPA:SGEF) was up 0.65% or 0.74 points to 114.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS), which fell 2.56% or 51.00 points to trade at 1,941.20 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) declined 1.98% or 2.70 points to end at 133.35 and Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) was down 1.72% or 0.21 points to 12.01.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which rose 10.75% to 17.21, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was up 3.86% to settle at 4.36 and Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which unchanged 2.70% to close at 0.02.
The worst performers were CGG SA (EPA:GEPH) which was down 2.66% to 0.58 in late trade, Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) which lost 2.56% to settle at 1,941.20 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which was down 1.98% to 133.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.79% or 0.52 to 66.63.
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.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 13.20 to $2,064.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.54% or 0.40 to hit $73.49 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.21 to trade at $78.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.36.