Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 2.54% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 2.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which rose 0.08% or 0.04 points to trade at 43.63 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) fell 0.39% or 1.45 points to end at 373.15 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 1.20% or 0.71 points to 58.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 7.28% or 5.29 points to trade at 67.42 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 6.38% or 7.06 points to end at 103.58 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 5.02% or 5.70 points to 107.84.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (PA:VLS) which rose 3.35% to 11.410, Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which was up 2.84% to settle at 326.00 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which gained 2.71% to close at 104.78.
The worst performers were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was down 7.28% to 67.42 in late trade, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which lost 6.38% to settle at 103.58 and Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which was down 6.13% to 6.13 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 536 to 87 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.84% or 9.00 to 326.00. Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.71% or 2.76 to 104.78.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.34% or 6.15 to $1808.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 6.20% or 4.44 to hit $67.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 5.67% or 4.17 to trade at $69.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1805, while EUR/GBP rose 0.63% to 0.8623.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.802.