Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.78% or 0.16 points to trade at 20.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.47% or 0.31 points to end at 66.50 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 0.44% or 0.25 points to 56.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which fell 1.99% or 1.31 points to trade at 64.68 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 1.78% or 0.85 points to end at 47.17 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was down 1.50% or 0.230 points to 15.105.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which rose 2.18% to 42.50, GTT (PA:GTT) which was up 1.38% to settle at 41.65 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 0.91% to close at 51.22.
The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 3.59% to 24.150 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 2.40% to settle at 12.62 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 2.09% to 9.21 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 362 to 227 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in GTT (PA:GTT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.38% or 0.56 to 41.65.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.84% to 17.59.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 3.13 to $1294.73 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.77% or 0.86 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 0.95 to trade at $51.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1810, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9153.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 93.05.