France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.71%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.71%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ), which rose 41.74% or 0.77 points to trade at 2.61 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX ) added 1.25% or 2.90 points to end at 234.10 and Safran SA (EPA:SAF ) was up 0.62% or 1.30 points to 210.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM ), which fell 4.50% or 0.60 points to trade at 12.74 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) declined 4.03% or 3.44 points to end at 81.90 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST ) was down 2.34% or 0.82 points to 34.15.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ) which rose 41.74% to 2.61, Worldline SA (EPA:WLN ) which was up 8.05% to settle at 8.83 and Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which gained 3.12% to close at 48.26.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which was unchanged 21.74% to 0.00 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which lost 8.17% to settle at 5.11 and Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM ) which was down 4.50% to 12.74 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 187 and 96 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ) rose to 5-year lows; rising 41.74% or 0.77 to 2.61. Shares in Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.03% or 3.44 to 81.90. Shares in Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ) rose to 5-year lows; rising 41.74% or 0.77 to 2.61.

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 0.20% or 5.46 to $2,670.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.59% or 1.13 to hit $70.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.71 to trade at $73.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.46% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 106.57.

Source: Investing.com