Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.93%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.00% or 0.53 points to trade at 26.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 1.18% or 0.25 points to end at 21.38 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 0.48% or 0.135 points to 28.140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 4.81% or 0.67 points to trade at 13.25 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 1.94% or 2.85 points to end at 144.40 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 1.89% or 1.64 points to 85.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 2.68% to 7.194, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 2.00% to settle at 26.97 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 1.69% to close at 84.000.
The worst performers were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 16.03% to 30.60 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 4.87% to settle at 13.66 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which was down 4.81% to 13.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 383 to 196 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.18% or 0.25 to 21.38. Shares in Nexans (PA:NEXS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 16.03% or 5.84 to 30.60.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.60% to 13.57.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.10 to $1280.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 1.03 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1604, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.50.