Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Banking and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which rose 0.87% or 0.16 points to trade at 18.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) added 0.65% or 0.07 points to end at 10.08 and Kering (PARIS:PRTP) was up 0.55% or 0.90 points to 163.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY), which fell 1.59% or 0.59 points to trade at 36.62 at the close. BNP Paribas Act. A (PARIS:BNPP) declined 1.37% or 0.78 points to end at 56.23 and GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) was down 1.20% or 0.23 points to 18.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 3.19% to 0.485, Coface (PARIS:COFA) which was up 1.94% to settle at 11.01 and Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which gained 1.38% to close at 75.20.
The worst performers were Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which was down 1.88% to 37.12 in late trade, Biomerieux (PARIS:BIOX) which lost 1.78% to settle at 101.90 and Metropole TV (PARIS:MMTP) which was down 1.67% to 17.39 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 497 to 384 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 0.87% or 0.16 to 18.55.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.11% to 19.57.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.24% or 2.90 to $1207.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.22% or 0.13 to hit $59.85 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.30 to trade at $65.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.0974, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.7095.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 96.49.