France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.01%

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the lost 1.01%, while the index fell 1.08%.

The best performers of the session on the were Safran SA (EPA:), which rose 1.74% or 2.44 points to trade at 142.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:) added 0.47% or 0.11 points to end at 23.34 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:) was up 0.42% or 0.24 points to 56.81 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vinci SA (EPA:), which fell 4.00% or 4.42 points to trade at 106.06 at the close. Air Liquide SA (EPA:) declined 3.83% or 6.44 points to end at 161.50 and Worldline SA (EPA:) was down 2.61% or 0.91 points to 33.89.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Getlink SE (EPA:) which rose 2.22% to 15.91, SEB SA (EPA:) which was up 2.14% to settle at 90.75 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which gained 2.08% to close at 10.82.

The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 14.70% to 2.18 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which lost 12.80% to settle at 241.10 and Eiffage SA (EPA:) which was down 5.41% to 95.54 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 334 to 197 and 97 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.47% or 9.25 to $1,961.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.83% or 0.60 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.50 to trade at $76.11 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 102.13.