Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Leisure Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.03%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP), which rose 3.27% or 1.94 points to trade at 61.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) added 3.13% or 2.74 points to end at 90.36 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) was up 2.55% or 1.06 points to 42.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which fell 16.15% or 8.52 points to trade at 44.22 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) declined 0.60% or 0.60 points to end at 100.10 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) was down 0.45% or 0.17 points to 37.76.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which rose 11.15% to 3.45, Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was up 5.28% to settle at 10.24 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which gained 4.35% to close at 21.10.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) which was down 16.15% to 44.22 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which lost 8.14% to settle at 1.08 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which was down 3.29% to 3.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 305 to 217 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) fell to 3-years lows; falling 16.15% or 8.52 to 44.22. Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) fell to 3-years lows; down 16.15% or 8.52 to 44.22.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.44% or 10.15 to $2,341.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.05% or 0.85 to hit $81.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.79 to trade at $85.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 105.17.