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 declined 0.21%, while the index added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the were Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:), which rose 1.28% or 0.98 points to trade at 77.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bouygues SA (EPA:) added 1.23% or 0.39 points to end at 32.04 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:) was up 1.14% or 0.34 points to 30.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:), which fell 3.36% or 0.87 points to trade at 24.89 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) declined 1.83% or 0.66 points to end at 35.50 and Capgemini SE (EPA:) was down 1.55% or 3.00 points to 190.15.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rexel (EPA:) which rose 9.06% to 25.05, Virbac SA (EPA:) which was up 7.99% to settle at 392.00 and ICADE (EPA:) which gained 4.01% to close at 26.46.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:) which was down 15.22% to 6.12 in late trade, Soitec SA (EPA:) which lost 7.67% to settle at 93.25 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which was down 5.61% to 3.94 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 273 to 211 and 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.36% or 0.87 to 24.89. Shares in Worldline SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; down 15.22% or 1.10 to 6.12. Shares in Virbac SA (EPA:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.99% or 29.00 to 392.00.
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 December delivery was down 0.11% or 2.95 to $2,607.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.56% or 1.06 to hit $68.81 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.97 to trade at $72.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 100.43.
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