France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.41% 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 fell 0.41%, while the index declined 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:), which rose 1.81% or 0.63 points to trade at 35.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:) added 1.25% or 1.50 points to end at 121.50 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:) 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:), which fell 3.22% or 1.69 points to trade at 50.80 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (EPA:) declined 1.94% or 0.49 points to end at 24.74 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was down 1.91% or 0.32 points to 16.21.

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

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