Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.14% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 0.40% or 0.30 points to trade at 74.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 109.25 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was down 0.18% or 0.30 points to 171.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 5.70% or 1.90 points to trade at 31.36 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 3.27% or 0.249 points to end at 7.355 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) was down 2.71% or 0.117 points to 4.207.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 3.03% to 77.89, Alten (PA:LTEN) which was up 1.14% to settle at 69.48 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which gained 0.40% to close at 74.79.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 5.70% to 31.36 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 5.16% to settle at 6.980 and Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 3.62% to 77.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 441 to 172 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alten (PA:LTEN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.14% or 0.78 to 69.48.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.73% to 17.02.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.66% or 7.85 to $1198.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.98% or 0.52 to hit $52.65 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.34 to trade at $55.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.0696, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 100.38.