Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, Automobiles & Parts and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 2.57%, while the SBF 120 index fell 2.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 0.52% or 0.26 points to trade at 49.19 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) fell 0.72% or 0.06 points to end at 7.81 and Electricite de France SA (PARIS:EDF) was down 0.90% or 0.19 points to 20.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF), which fell 5.41% or 6.85 points to trade at 119.70 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PARIS:AIR) declined 4.38% or 2.76 points to end at 60.30 and Safran SA (PARIS:SAF) was down 4.25% or 2.66 points to 59.94.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Saft (PARIS:S1A) which rose 4.09% to 36.86, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which was up 1.95% to settle at 0.418 and Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which gained 1.38% to close at 41.89.
The worst performers were Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) which was down 5.41% to 119.70 in late trade, Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which lost 5.18% to settle at 14.090 and Airbus Group SE (PARIS:AIR) which was down 4.38% to 60.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 674 to 147 and 50 ended unchanged.
Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.72% or 0.06 to 7.81. Shares in Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.38% or 0.57 to 41.89.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 16.81% to 20.72.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.92% or 10.00 to $1096.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.29% or 0.62 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 0.94 to trade at $53.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.16% to 1.1112, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.7137.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 96.51.