France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 2.90%

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 2.90% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index declined 2.91%.

The best performers of the session on the were L’Oreal SA (EPA:), which fell 0.16% or 0.60 points to trade at 373.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) fell 0.18% or 0.07 points to end at 36.18 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) was down 0.54% or 0.34 points to 63.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BNP Paribas SA (EPA:), which fell 6.81% or 4.10 points to trade at 56.15 at the close. Societe Generale SA (EPA:) declined 6.23% or 1.59 points to end at 23.93 and Alstom SA (EPA:) was down 6.16% or 1.69 points to 25.74.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Antin Infrastructure Partners SASU (EPA:) which rose 2.83% to 18.55, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was up 2.46% to settle at 11.47 and JC Decaux SA (EPA:) which gained 1.46% to close at 18.76.

The worst performers were Faurecia (EPA:) which was down 8.26% to 20.99 in late trade, CGG SA (EPA:) which lost 7.07% to settle at 0.82 and SCOR SE (EPA:) which was down 6.92% to 19.92 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 486 to 85 and 62 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 April delivery was up 2.56% or 47.75 to $1,914.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.40% or 1.84 to hit $74.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.38% or 1.97 to trade at $80.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.90% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.96% at 103.16.