Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.26% or 0.192 points to trade at 15.406 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 1.04% or 0.23 points to end at 22.36 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.75% or 1.90 points to 254.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which fell 4.18% or 4.36 points to trade at 99.94 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.90% or 1.04 points to end at 53.63 and Thales (PA:TCFP) was down 1.60% or 1.70 points to 104.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which rose 2.68% to 160.70, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 2.22% to settle at 1.819 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 1.87% to close at 2.719.
The worst performers were Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which was down 4.36% to 29.63 in late trade, Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) which lost 4.18% to settle at 99.94 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.12% to 18.600 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 319 to 250 and 92 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.67% to 12.65.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1399.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.32 to hit $57.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.29 to trade at $64.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1215, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.958.