Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 1.01% or 0.98 points to trade at 98.48 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 0.66% or 1.95 points to end at 297.50 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.61% or 0.08 points to 13.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.86% or 0.49 points to trade at 25.90 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.48% or 0.395 points to end at 26.285 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 1.46% or 1.38 points to 92.96.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 2.97% to 8.835, Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was up 1.27% to settle at 151.80 and Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which gained 1.20% to close at 130.85.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 4.11% to 8.582 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.42% to settle at 2.426 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 2.71% to 1.075 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 315 to 241 and 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) rose to all time highs; up 1.20% or 1.55 to 130.85.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.70% to 14.95 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.40% or 17.10 to $1201.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.57% or 1.74 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.14% or 1.56 to trade at $71.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.29.