Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH), which rose 1.36% or 4.25 points to trade at 317.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 1.31% or 1.45 points to end at 112.10 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.06% or 5.20 points to 497.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 3.85% or 0.560 points to trade at 13.970 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.90% or 0.63 points to end at 21.12 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 2.63% or 0.45 points to 16.45.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) which rose 1.36% to 317.70, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which was up 1.31% to settle at 112.10 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which gained 1.08% to close at 18.64.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 5.75% to 2.083 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 5.29% to settle at 12.900 and Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which was down 4.86% to 26.400 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 423 to 156 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.86% or 1.350 to 26.400.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.48% to 16.65.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.79% or 10.45 to $1329.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $58.93 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.14 to trade at $66.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1319, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8589.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.005.