Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.91%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI), which rose 2.48% or 0.52 points to trade at 21.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 0.46% or 0.110 points to end at 23.980 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was up 0.17% or 0.25 points to 147.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which fell 3.05% or 4.25 points to trade at 134.90 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 2.46% or 3.28 points to end at 130.00 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 1.97% or 2.75 points to 137.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 3.86% to 2.905, TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which was up 2.48% to settle at 21.46 and Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which gained 2.13% to close at 45.61.
The worst performers were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) which was down 3.05% to 134.90 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 2.56% to settle at 95.300 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was down 2.46% to 130.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 301 to 283 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.46% or 0.110 to 23.980. Shares in CGG SA (PA:GEPH) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.86% or 0.108 to 2.905.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.46% to 13.43.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1518.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $61.72 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.18 to trade at $66.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1211, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8546.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.355.