France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.55%
Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services , Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.55%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were AXA SA (EPA: AXAF ), which rose 2.36% or 0.95 points to trade at 41.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ) added 2.14% or 3.32 points to end at 158.28 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ) was up 1.98% or 1.12 points to 57.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ), which fell 2.53% or 4.58 points to trade at 176.14 at the close. Sanofi SA (EPA: SASY ) declined 1.96% or 1.92 points to end at 96.00 and Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ) was down 1.92% or 1.72 points to 87.72.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which rose 12.50% to 4.50, SES (EPA: SESFd ) which was up 11.07% to settle at 5.05 and Air France KLM SA (EPA: AIRF ) which gained 2.37% to close at 8.30.
The worst performers were Viridien SA (EPA: VIRI ) which was down 6.64% to 50.20 in late trade, Technip Energies BV (EPA: TE ) which lost 4.79% to settle at 29.84 and Vallourec (EPA: VLLP ) which was down 4.43% to 15.76 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 254 to 237 and 76 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 June delivery was up 2.22% or 71.90 to $3,315.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.16% or 1.26 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.91% or 1.17 to trade at $60.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 99.73.