France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.45% 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 0.45%, while the index lost 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:), which rose 3.04% or 0.64 points to trade at 21.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (EPA:) added 2.41% or 0.74 points to end at 31.42 and Vinci SA (EPA:) was up 2.29% or 1.86 points to 83.04 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which fell 3.44% or 6.30 points to trade at 176.65 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) declined 2.44% or 1.04 points to end at 41.76 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) was down 2.09% or 1.10 points to 51.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aperam SA (AS:) which rose 4.02% to 25.88, Solvay SA (EBR:) which was up 4.02% to settle at 87.48 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) which gained 3.04% to close at 21.72.

The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (EPA:) which was down 6.76% to 161.50 in late trade, Vallourec (EPA:) which lost 3.88% to settle at 10.16 and Faurecia (EPA:) which was down 3.77% to 11.47 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 315 to 218 and 93 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 December delivery was down 2.01% or 34.40 to $1,674.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.09 to hit $92.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.42 to trade at $97.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.50% to 0.97, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 113.21.