France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.67% 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 declined 0.67%, while the index fell 0.65%.

The best performers of the session on the were Renault SA (EPA:), which rose 1.30% or 0.45 points to trade at 35.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (EPA:) added 0.81% or 0.20 points to end at 24.92 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:) was up 0.55% or 0.28 points to 51.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (EPA:), which fell 2.91% or 0.87 points to trade at 29.05 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:) declined 2.71% or 6.20 points to end at 222.30 and Kering SA (EPA:) was down 2.41% or 13.50 points to 546.20.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (EPA:) which rose 7.84% to 10.46, Valneva (EPA:) which was up 3.47% to settle at 6.98 and SEB SA (EPA:) which gained 2.51% to close at 81.80.

The worst performers were Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:) which was down 7.91% to 105.90 in late trade, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE (EPA:) which lost 4.19% to settle at 13.96 and Bouygues SA (EPA:) which was down 2.91% to 29.05 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 295 to 252 and 91 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 1.51% or 27.35 to $1,782.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.40% or 1.92 to hit $78.06 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.85 to trade at $83.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.54% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 105.21.