Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.87% or 0.290 points to trade at 15.765 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 1.68% or 1.08 points to end at 65.53 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.61% or 1.06 points to 66.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 2.96% or 0.132 points to trade at 4.323 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 2.70% or 0.335 points to end at 12.055 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 2.56% or 0.82 points to 31.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which rose 4.73% to 17.05, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 3.06% to settle at 7.005 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 2.36% to close at 195.55.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 5.00% to 10.0800 in late trade, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which lost 2.96% to settle at 4.323 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 2.70% to 12.055 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 316 to 304 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.56% or 0.82 to 31.23.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 14.98% to 16.61.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.90% or 10.85 to $1215.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.46 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.25 to trade at $55.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0724, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8595.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 100.34.