France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.05%

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France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.19% or 0.16 points to trade at 13.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 1.17% or 0.89 points to end at 76.89 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 0.74% or 0.20 points to 27.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which fell 1.10% or 0.15 points to trade at 13.97 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 0.85% or 1.50 points to end at 175.30 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was down 0.70% or 0.23 points to 31.82.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 7.50% to 4.157,Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was up 3.38% to settle at 11.330 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.92% to close at 22.9000.

The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.19% to 5.133 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 1.41% to settle at 8.712 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was down 1.10% to 13.97 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 336 to 285 and 121 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.62% to 17.66.

Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.15 to $1347.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.43% or 1.08 to hit $45.57 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.15 to trade at $48.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1191, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8691.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.54.

Source by Investing.com