Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.48%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 1.65% or 1.90 points to trade at 116.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 0.31% or 0.23 points to end at 75.56 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 0.23% or 0.035 points to 14.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which fell 2.86% or 0.56 points to trade at 18.83 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 1.38% or 1.15 points to end at 82.30 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.20% or 0.26 points to 21.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which rose 1.65% to 116.90, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 1.13% to settle at 19.74 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 1.05% to close at 12.06.
The worst performers were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 2.86% to 18.83 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 2.30% to settle at 23.770 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 1.87% to 73.370 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 379 to 208 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.20% or 0.26 to 21.36.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.78% to 14.56.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.09% or 14.18 to $1312.08 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.45% or 1.65 to hit $46.22 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 0.68 to trade at $51.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1976, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.9264.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.18.