Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.10%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Danone SA (PA:DANO), which fell 0.05% or 0.03 points to trade at 65.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) fell 0.13% or 0.15 points to end at 111.65 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 0.16% or 0.02 points to 12.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST), which fell 2.89% or 3.55 points to trade at 119.45 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.28% or 0.60 points to end at 25.71 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was down 2.15% or 2.40 points to 109.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 4.82% to 1.218, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was up 4.10% to settle at 90.05 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 1.79% to close at 100.75.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 6.97% to 65.40 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 5.63% to settle at 46.620 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 4.76% to 23.620 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 456 to 136 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.76% or 1.180 to 23.620.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.80% to 16.84 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.33% or 16.00 to $1189.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.69% or 0.51 to hit $73.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.82 to trade at $83.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1478, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.51.