Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.80%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.68%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 0.39% or 0.080 points to trade at 20.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) fell 0.52% or 0.55 points to end at 105.80 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was down 0.55% or 0.48 points to 87.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which fell 4.45% or 0.88 points to trade at 18.89 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 3.27% or 1.53 points to end at 45.42 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was down 2.95% or 0.94 points to 30.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 2.09% to 63.58, Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was up 0.30% to settle at 47.39 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 0.23% to close at 66.14.
The worst performers were AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which was down 4.45% to 18.89 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.87% to settle at 3.875 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was down 3.27% to 45.42 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 506 to 163 and 96 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 18.05% to 19.46.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 2.05 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.48% or 1.55 to hit $46.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.14% or 1.46 to trade at $47.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1254, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.