Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.47% to hit a new 52-week low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.62% or 0.09 points to trade at 14.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.47% or 0.36 points to end at 76.91 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was up 0.34% or 0.30 points to 88.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 4.57% or 0.88 points to trade at 18.26 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 3.99% or 0.71 points to end at 17.20 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 3.98% or 2.29 points to 55.28.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 1.39% to 49.700, Mercialys (PA:MERY) which was up 1.05% to settle at 12.57 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 0.75% to close at 67.60.
The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 24.40% to 48.80 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 16.17% to settle at 1.078 and Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was down 8.39% to 43.44 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 502 to 97 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.57% or 0.88 to 18.26. Shares in Renault SA (PA:RENA) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.98% or 2.29 to 55.28. Shares in Eramet (PA:ERMT) fell to 52-week lows; down 24.40% or 15.75 to 48.80. Shares in CGG SA (PA:GEPH) fell to 5-year lows; losing 16.17% or 0.208 to 1.078. Shares in Imerys (PA:IMTP) fell to 5-year lows; losing 8.39% or 3.98 to 43.44.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.40% to 22.74.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1249.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.56% or 0.82 to hit $51.79 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.70 to trade at $60.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1374, while EUR/GBP rose 1.13% to 0.9044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 97.012.