Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.34%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 1.87% or 0.096 points to trade at 5.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.63% or 2.50 points to end at 155.65 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.54% or 0.64 points to 42.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 1.53% or 0.082 points to trade at 5.266 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 1.26% or 0.18 points to end at 14.45 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 1.01% or 0.45 points to 43.48.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which rose 3.92% to 124.70, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which was up 3.06% to settle at 17.190 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which gained 2.97% to close at 17.18.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 2.24% to 20.30 in late trade, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which lost 1.53% to settle at 5.266 and Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 1.37% to 2.870 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 390 to 250 and 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.92% or 4.70 to 124.70.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.03% to 19.59.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1328.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.65% or 0.77 to hit $45.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 0.80 to trade at $46.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1070, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8349.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.58.