Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 2.04%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI), which rose 1.12% or 0.96 points to trade at 86.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) fell 0.04% or 0.50 points to end at 1200.00 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was down 0.60% or 0.07 points to 10.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (PA:TEPRF), which fell 5.12% or 16.90 points to trade at 313.50 at the close. Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) declined 4.25% or 1.09 points to end at 24.55 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 3.98% or 1.45 points to 34.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (PA:ORP) which rose 1.91% to 37.41, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was up 1.81% to settle at 18.03 and Valneva (PA:VLS) which gained 1.63% to close at 14.970.
The worst performers were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was down 8.40% to 13.74 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 6.41% to settle at 7.010 and Verallia (PA:VRLA) which was down 6.28% to 24.46 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 475 to 109 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.25% or 1.09 to 24.55. Shares in Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.40% or 1.26 to 13.74. Shares in Verallia (PA:VRLA) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.28% or 1.64 to 24.46.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1899.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.62% or 1.46 to hit $91.67 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.70 to trade at $93.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1336, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.963.