Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.10%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which rose 1.48% or 0.76 points to trade at 51.98 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 1.30% or 0.285 points to end at 22.230 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 1.29% or 1.60 points to 125.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 1.23% or 0.92 points to trade at 73.64 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.06% or 0.21 points to end at 19.61 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.92% or 0.78 points to 83.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 4.71% to 5.686, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 3.24% to settle at 56.07 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 1.91% to close at 13.610.
The worst performers were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 2.23% to 12.73 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 2.17% to settle at 39.13 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was down 1.64% to 31.21 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 258 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.29% or 1.60 to 125.50. Shares in Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.91% or 0.255 to 13.610.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.27% to 11.91 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.48% or 5.95 to $1233.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.58% or 0.27 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.19 to trade at $48.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1474, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8786.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.95.