Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Healthcare and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.23%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which rose 1.37% or 0.88 points to trade at 65.14 at the close. Meanwhile, EDF (PARIS:EDF) added 1.08% or 0.24 points to end at 22.50 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was up 1.05% or 0.10 points to 9.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR), which fell 2.07% or 1.31 points to trade at 62.09 at the close. Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) declined 1.90% or 0.28 points to end at 14.49 and L'Oreal (PARIS:OREP) was down 1.90% or 3.30 points to 170.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which rose 3.90% to 68.000, Eurofins Scientific (PARIS:EUFI) which was up 2.50% to settle at 266.60 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PARIS:SOPR) which gained 2.41% to close at 82.32.
The worst performers were Airbus Group (PARIS:AIR) which was down 2.07% to 62.09 in late trade, Orange SA (PARIS:ORAN) which lost 1.90% to settle at 14.49 and L'Oreal (PARIS:OREP) which was down 1.90% to 170.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 505 to 393 and 53 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.97% to 21.12.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.61% or 7.20 to $1181.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.74% or 0.44 to hit $58.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.72 to trade at $65.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1148, while EUR/GBP fell 1.39% to 0.7151.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.14.