Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.22%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which rose 1.71% or 3.70 points to trade at 220.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.50% or 0.21 points to end at 14.21 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 1.43% or 0.52 points to 36.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 4.65% or 0.347 points to trade at 7.110 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.39% or 0.165 points to end at 11.735 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 1.37% or 0.84 points to 60.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 7.51% to 14.450, Orpea (PA:ORP) which was up 1.86% to settle at 74.84 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) which gained 1.71% to close at 220.50.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 4.65% to 7.110 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.43% to settle at 14.0800 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 2.18% to 29.21 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 308 to 263 and 104 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.09% to 15.02.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.38% or 4.35 to $1141.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.45% or 0.24 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $55.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0441, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8411.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 102.77.