Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.33%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.71% or 0.45 points to trade at 26.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.15% or 0.63 points to end at 55.53 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 0.91% or 0.20 points to 22.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 2.32% or 0.95 points to trade at 40.00 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.92% or 0.74 points to end at 37.81 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.73% or 1.44 points to 81.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 4.38% to 17.17, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 4.27% to settle at 7.820 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 3.81% to close at 54.500.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 4.46% to 22.30 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 3.12% to settle at 55.22 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.83% to 8.706 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 341 to 232 and 96 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.69% to 13.09.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.90 to $1205.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.16% or 1.53 to hit $72.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.75% or 2.15 to trade at $80.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1770, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.69.