France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.57%

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology , Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.54%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE ), which rose 0.63% or 0.10 points to trade at 15.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (EPA:CAGR ) added 0.60% or 0.08 points to end at 13.31 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN ) was up 0.46% or 0.04 points to 9.63 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP ), which fell 2.06% or 7.10 points to trade at 337.40 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA ) declined 1.54% or 0.38 points to end at 24.00 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) was down 1.47% or 0.46 points to 30.86.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR ) which rose 2.20% to 2.79, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL ) which was up 2.07% to settle at 2.27 and Dassault Aviation SA (EPA:AM ) which gained 1.61% to close at 195.80.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which was unchanged 7.41% to 0.00 in late trade, L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP ) which lost 2.06% to settle at 337.40 and Valneva (EPA:VLS ) which was down 2.05% to 2.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 274 to 237 and 96 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 0.63% or 16.69 to $2,615.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.32% or 0.93 to hit $71.53 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 0.70 to trade at $74.49 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 108.05.

Source: Investing.com