French shares close 0.81 pct lower Monday

PARIS, Oct. 18– French shares lost on Monday with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 down 0.81 percent, or 54.42 points, to close at 6,673.10 points. European commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE went down by 4.48 percent, the top loser of the blue chips. French international luxury group Kering lost 2.39 percent and French multinational luxury…

PARIS, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) — French shares lost on Monday with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 down 0.81 percent, or 54.42 points, to close at 6,673.10 points.

Of the 40 selected large companies, 31 lost in the day.

European commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE went down by 4.48 percent, the top loser of the blue chips. French international luxury group Kering lost 2.39 percent and French multinational luxury goods conglomerate LVMH edged down 2.23 percent.

French-Italian multinational corporation EssilorLuxottica advanced 1.31 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Eurofins Scientific, a group of analytical laboratories specializing in the agri-food sector, rose 1.09 percent and French international financial group BNP Paribas gained 0.45 percent. Enditem