Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 2.29% or 1.15 points to trade at 51.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.71% or 0.300 points to end at 17.865 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 1.47% or 0.20 points to 14.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 4.90% or 1.41 points to trade at 27.34 at the close. Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) declined 4.10% or 4.55 points to end at 106.40 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 3.66% or 0.505 points to 13.280.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 3.85% to 68.00, Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was up 3.35% to settle at 18.80 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.64% to close at 2.100.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 7.37% to 75.900 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 5.02% to settle at 10.21 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 4.90% to 27.34 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 332 to 266 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rexel (PA:RXL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.02% or 0.54 to 10.21.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.32% to 18.67.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1231.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.40% or 0.25 to hit $63.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.42 to trade at $73.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.22.