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 fell 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 2.44% or 3.35 points to trade at 140.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 2.03% or 0.20 points to end at 9.86 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 2.01% or 0.53 points to 26.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which fell 3.05% or 1.53 points to trade at 48.60 at the close. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 2.04% or 4.40 points to end at 211.40 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) was down 1.92% or 2.12 points to 108.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 10.70% to 7.550, Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was up 3.77% to settle at 72.85 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which gained 2.44% to close at 140.75.
The worst performers were Valneva (PA:VLS) which was down 11.35% to 19.060 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 3.16% to settle at 44.12 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 3.05% to 48.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 343 to 287 and 82 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.91% or 35.45 to $1816.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.54% or 0.41 to hit $76.35 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.42 to trade at $79.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1261, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8397.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 96.320.