France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.26% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Paris, the lost 0.26%, while the index lost 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the were Airbus Group SE (EPA:), which rose 1.85% or 1.70 points to trade at 93.44 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) added 1.53% or 0.54 points to end at 35.80 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) was up 1.30% or 0.47 points to 36.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 3.29% or 1.72 points to trade at 50.54 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) declined 2.51% or 1.66 points to end at 64.58 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was down 2.31% or 6.70 points to 283.40.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 4.99% to 8.67, Elis Services SA (EPA:) which was up 3.78% to settle at 12.07 and Vallourec (EPA:) which gained 2.86% to close at 9.70.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:) which was down 19.50% to 6.53 in late trade, Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which lost 6.60% to settle at 23.50 and Klepierre SA (EPA:) which was down 4.26% to 19.57 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 345 to 197 and 84 ended unchanged.

Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.51% or 1.66 to 64.58. Shares in Valneva (EPA:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 19.50% or 1.58 to 6.53.

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

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 3.75 to $1,679.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.35% or 0.30 to hit $85.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.31 to trade at $91.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.00, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 109.44.