Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.88%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 0.55% or 0.090 points to trade at 16.385 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 0.33% or 0.24 points to end at 73.60 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 0.18% or 0.03 points to 14.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which fell 2.62% or 1.44 points to trade at 53.50 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 2.17% or 0.235 points to end at 10.600 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was down 2.12% or 0.84 points to 39.08.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 3.10% to 14.640, Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was up 1.98% to settle at 49.27 and ICADE (PA:ICAD) which gained 1.82% to close at 64.21.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 4.84% to 11.4000 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.89% to settle at 4.894 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 2.62% to 53.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 434 to 240 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in CGG SA (PA:GEPH) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.84% or 0.5800 to 11.4000.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.76% to 21.04.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.81% or 9.60 to $1188.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.32% or 1.07 to hit $47.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.09% or 1.01 to trade at $49.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8529.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.48.