Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.54%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 1.11% or 0.055 points to trade at 5.016 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 0.58% or 0.65 points to end at 112.40 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 0.45% or 0.10 points to 21.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 1.94% or 1.41 points to trade at 71.09 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) declined 1.51% or 0.72 points to end at 46.97 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was down 1.48% or 0.90 points to 60.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 4.74% to 54.54, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.03% to settle at 7.230 and Vicat (PA:VCTP) which gained 1.82% to close at 66.50.
The worst performers were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was down 2.78% to 9.65 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 2.45% to settle at 10.740 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was down 1.94% to 71.09 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 372 to 246 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.58% or 0.65 to 112.40.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 13.96% to 23.46 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1256.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.19% or 0.62 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.52 to trade at $55.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.0601, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8537.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 100.91.