Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.93%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 1.30% or 1.22 points to trade at 94.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.56% or 0.37 points to end at 65.98 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 0.53% or 0.28 points to 52.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 6.69% or 0.870 points to trade at 12.125 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 4.65% or 3.60 points to end at 73.76 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was down 3.21% or 1.06 points to 32.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which rose 1.39% to 38.57, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was up 1.30% to settle at 94.92 and BIC (PA:BICP) which gained 1.07% to close at 90.00.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 8.74% to 31.100 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 6.69% to settle at 12.125 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.79% to 74.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 458 to 139 and 85 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 11.43% to 18.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.10 to $1203.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.13% or 0.68 to hit $60.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.90 to trade at $71.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 97.34.