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 1.31%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which rose 2.66% or 2.95 points to trade at 113.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) added 0.97% or 0.64 points to end at 66.78 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 0.95% or 2.40 points to 255.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 16.20% or 1.67 points to trade at 8.63 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 4.72% or 3.12 points to end at 63.02 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 4.18% or 2.11 points to 48.41.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 5.55% to 1.190, BIC (PA:BICP) which was up 3.65% to settle at 46.62 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 3.61% to close at 6.03.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 16.20% to 8.63 in late trade, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which lost 4.72% to settle at 63.02 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 4.22% to 98.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 318 to 240 and 97 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.82% to 28.05.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.95% or 16.30 to $1697.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.17% or 0.29 to hit $24.45 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.33% or 1.03 to trade at $29.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.0808, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 100.250.