France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.41%

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Basic Materials and Gas&Water sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.41%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST), which rose 1.81% or 0.63 points to trade at 35.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP) added 1.25% or 1.50 points to end at 121.50 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) was up 1.06% or 1.90 points to 181.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 3.22% or 1.69 points to trade at 50.80 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:VIE) declined 1.94% or 0.49 points to end at 24.74 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) was down 1.91% or 0.32 points to 16.21.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:ANTIN) which rose 2.72% to 21.90, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) which was up 1.81% to settle at 35.41 and Nexans SA (EPA:NEXS) which gained 1.72% to close at 85.75.

The worst performers were Eramet SA (EPA:ERMT) which was down 5.06% to 79.80 in late trade, Carmila SA (EPA:CARM) which lost 4.03% to settle at 13.34 and Accor SA (EPA:ACCP) which was down 3.84% to 25.04 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 347 to 194 and 88 ended unchanged.

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

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.90% or 16.25 to $1,794.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.48% or 2.47 to hit $73.49 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.73% or 2.08 to trade at $78.18 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 104.65.