Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.73% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 0.62% or 0.65 points to trade at 106.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.39% or 0.27 points to end at 69.23 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 0.05% or 0.05 points to 106.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 2.54% or 0.45 points to trade at 17.07 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.19% or 0.55 points to end at 24.37 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 1.29% or 1.00 points to 76.43.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which rose 1.43% to 56.71, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was up 0.68% to settle at 68.50 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 0.64% to close at 56.65.
The worst performers were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 10.39% to 10.52 in late trade, Eurazeo (PA:EURA) which lost 6.36% to settle at 73.41 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 3.78% to 12.61 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 480 to 148 and 72 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.43% or 0.80 to 56.71. Shares in SES (PA:SESFd) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.78% or 0.49 to 12.61.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.33% to 13.46.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.06 to $1279.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.86 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $63.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1662, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.44.