France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 2.75% 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 2.75% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index declined 2.77%.

The best performers of the session on the were Euroapi SAS (EPA:), which rose 2.13% or 0.29 points to trade at 13.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (EPA:) added 1.93% or 0.43 points to end at 22.76 and Orange SA (EPA:) was up 0.59% or 0.07 points to 11.64 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which fell 4.87% or 2.46 points to trade at 48.13 at the close. Worldline SA (EPA:) declined 4.78% or 1.79 points to end at 35.65 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) was down 4.44% or 1.76 points to 37.74.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Bollore SA (EPA:) which rose 2.25% to 4.55, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was up 2.13% to settle at 13.80 and Alstom SA (EPA:) which gained 1.93% to close at 22.76.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:) which was down 11.09% to 44.01 in late trade, CGG SA (EPA:) which lost 9.35% to settle at 0.95 and Eramet SA (EPA:) which was down 7.98% to 116.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 458 to 117 and 76 ended unchanged.

Shares in Euroapi SAS (EPA:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.13% or 0.29 to 13.80. Shares in Orange SA (EPA:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.59% or 0.07 to 11.64. Shares in Euroapi SAS (EPA:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.13% or 0.29 to 13.80.

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 June delivery was down 1.20% or 22.63 to $1,860.17 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 5.62% or 6.17 to hit $103.60 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 5.32% or 5.98 to trade at $106.41 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.62.