Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.85% to hit a new 3-months low, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.83%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 1.59% or 0.079 points to trade at 5.055 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) fell 0.63% or 0.58 points to end at 91.78 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 0.89% or 2.10 points to 234.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PA:TECF), which fell 4.22% or 2.09 points to trade at 47.37 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 4.14% or 1.59 points to end at 36.89 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was down 3.70% or 0.175 points to 4.555.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which rose 1.59% to 5.055, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 0.92% to settle at 15.91 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) which gained 0.14% to close at 327.00.
The worst performers were CGG (PA:GEPH) which was down 8.33% to 0.6600 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 6.00% to settle at 25.070 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 5.38% to 3.359 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 604 to 99 and 72 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 11.94% to 32.02 a new 3-months high.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.90% or 11.45 to $1287.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.61% or 0.30 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.30 to trade at $50.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1280, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7929.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 94.45.