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 declined 0.63%, while the index fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the were Safran SA (EPA:), which rose 1.53% or 3.10 points to trade at 205.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (EPA:) added 1.28% or 1.16 points to end at 92.10 and Accor SA (EPA:) was up 0.83% or 0.32 points to 38.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which fell 4.25% or 4.80 points to trade at 108.20 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) declined 2.89% or 20.70 points to end at 695.70 and Kering SA (EPA:) was down 2.79% or 9.35 points to 325.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which rose 7.83% to 21.20, Voltalia SA (EPA:) which was up 6.61% to settle at 9.84 and SCOR SE (EPA:) which gained 4.21% to close at 25.74.
The worst performers were Clariane SE (EPA:) which was down 6.79% to 2.09 in late trade, Atos SE (EPA:) which lost 4.40% to settle at 0.70 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) which was down 4.25% to 108.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 273 to 251 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atos SE (EPA:) fell to all time lows; losing 4.40% or 0.03 to 0.70.
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 1.61% or 38.65 to $2,359.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.05% or 0.87 to hit $82.29 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 0.81 to trade at $85.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 104.62.
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