Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.43%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which rose 5.56% or 0.94 points to trade at 17.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 2.51% or 1.78 points to end at 72.64 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 2.22% or 0.26 points to 11.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 4.43% or 1.11 points to trade at 23.95 at the close. Worldline SA (PA:WLN) declined 3.88% or 2.72 points to end at 67.46 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was down 3.29% or 3.24 points to 95.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which rose 21.01% to 2.49, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 16.44% to settle at 5.71 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which gained 12.05% to close at 46.545.
The worst performers were Verallia (PA:VRLA) which was down 5.07% to 27.15 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which lost 4.69% to settle at 203.40 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 4.43% to 23.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 355 to 250 and 69 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.41% to 27.30.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.17% or 19.70 to $1702.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.06% or 1.21 to hit $38.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.10% or 1.31 to trade at $40.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1292, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.727.