Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.78%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 0.62% or 0.23 points to trade at 36.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) added 0.56% or 0.52 points to end at 93.76 and Klepierre (PA:LOIM) was up 0.53% or 0.22 points to 41.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 3.97% or 0.16 points to trade at 3.90 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 3.64% or 1.56 points to end at 41.33 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was down 2.35% or 0.93 points to 38.66.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 2.05% to 26.890, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was up 1.71% to settle at 27.950 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which gained 1.56% to close at 92.72.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 3.97% to 3.90 in late trade, Total SA (PA:TOTF) which lost 3.64% to settle at 41.33 and Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 3.13% to 3.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 393 to 266 and 118 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.80% to 20.32.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.81% or 10.20 to $1244.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.61% or 0.25 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.14 to trade at $41.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1244, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.7815.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.34.