Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 1.55% or 0.22 points to trade at 14.38 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 0.96% or 0.175 points to end at 18.435 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was up 0.96% or 0.60 points to 62.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 3.88% or 4.45 points to trade at 110.20 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.29% or 0.72 points to end at 55.14 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 1.24% or 0.68 points to 54.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 4.58% to 177.10, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.09% to settle at 142.40 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 3.80% to close at 50.20.
The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 3.88% to 110.20 in late trade, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which lost 2.26% to settle at 40.65 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.00% to 1.223 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 286 to 280 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eramet (PA:ERMT) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.09% or 5.60 to 142.40. Shares in Technicolor (PA:TCH) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.00% or 0.025 to 1.223.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.22% to 13.01.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.80 to $1351.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.20% or 0.81 to hit $66.58 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.80 to trade at $71.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.2378, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.17.