Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.57% to hit a new 6-months low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.18% or 0.22 points to trade at 18.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 0.67% or 0.30 points to end at 44.80 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) was up 0.37% or 0.90 points to 243.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 2.65% or 0.64 points to trade at 23.49 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 2.17% or 2.40 points to end at 108.35 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 2.03% or 1.10 points to 53.22.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which rose 3.31% to 84.150, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 2.87% to settle at 62.750 and Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which gained 1.48% to close at 23.33.
The worst performers were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was down 3.66% to 60.55 in late trade, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which lost 3.29% to settle at 42.05 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 3.25% to 68.540 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 350 to 212 and 93 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.05% to 20.22.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.39% or 5.30 to $1355.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.36 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.25 to trade at $69.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.2447, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.