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 0.88%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which rose 1.24% or 0.78 points to trade at 63.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.22% or 0.15 points to end at 68.80 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.15% or 0.02 points to 13.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 3.36% or 0.92 points to trade at 26.43 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 2.54% or 2.55 points to end at 97.71 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 2.30% or 11.10 points to 472.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 1.92% to 137.95, Danone SA (PA:DANO) which was up 1.24% to settle at 63.65 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which gained 0.81% to close at 111.90.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.06% to 107.00 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 4.49% to settle at 455.00 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 3.86% to 8.59 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 406 to 166 and 101 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.07% to 16.47.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.82% or 10.30 to $1244.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.42 to trade at $77.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1609, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.78.