Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.24%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 2.74% or 0.60 points to trade at 22.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 1.76% or 0.23 points to end at 13.32 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.02% or 0.43 points to 43.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 2.10% or 0.120 points to trade at 5.604 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 1.95% or 1.05 points to end at 52.69 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 1.42% or 0.61 points to 42.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which rose 8.95% to 89.82, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 4.61% to settle at 25.175 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 3.12% to close at 58.47.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.31% to 4.317 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 3.11% to settle at 23.70 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 2.10% to 5.604 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 373 to 263 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) rose to all time highs; up 8.95% or 7.38 to 89.82.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.21% to 20.50.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.55 to $1343.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.89% or 1.42 to hit $47.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.91% or 1.48 to trade at $49.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1317, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 94.54.