Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the rose 1.03%, while the index lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the were BNP Paribas SA (EPA:), which rose 3.27% or 1.94 points to trade at 61.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (EPA:) added 3.13% or 2.74 points to end at 90.36 and Edenred SA (EPA:) was up 2.55% or 1.06 points to 42.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which fell 16.15% or 8.52 points to trade at 44.22 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:) declined 0.60% or 0.60 points to end at 100.10 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) was down 0.45% or 0.17 points to 37.76.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:) which rose 11.15% to 3.45, Worldline SA (EPA:) which was up 5.28% to settle at 10.24 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which gained 4.35% to close at 21.10.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) which was down 16.15% to 44.22 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:) which lost 8.14% to settle at 1.08 and Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 3.29% to 3.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 305 to 217 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 16.15% or 8.52 to 44.22. Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; down 16.15% or 8.52 to 44.22.
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 up 0.44% or 10.15 to $2,341.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.05% or 0.85 to hit $81.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.79 to trade at $85.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 105.17.
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