Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.36%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.07% or 0.14 points to trade at 13.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 0.93% or 0.41 points to end at 44.63 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.65% or 0.75 points to 117.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 3.22% or 0.86 points to trade at 25.84 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.34% or 0.340 points to end at 25.115 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 1.32% or 0.65 points to 48.51.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 4.78% to 1.075, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 2.19% to settle at 13.05 and Orpea (PA:ORP) which gained 1.76% to close at 124.00.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 5.95% to 16.99 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 3.22% to settle at 25.84 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.85% to 2.248 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 301 to 263 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Orpea (PA:ORP) rose to all time highs; up 1.76% or 2.15 to 124.00.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.31% to 11.80.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.50 to $1238.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.05% or 2.83 to hit $67.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.33% or 3.26 to trade at $72.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1695, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.38.