French shares lost on Monday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 down 1.13 percent, or 59.91 points, to close at 5,222.84 points.

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

UK-based company that provides complete project life cycle services TechnipFMC was down 2.55 percent, the top loser of the blue chips. French multinational integrated oil and gas company TOTAL lost 2.05 percent. French multinational insurance firm AXA lost 2.04 percent.

French multinational advertising and public relations company PUBLICIS GROUPE rose 2.07 percent. French multinational hotel group ACCOR gained 1.38 percent. French multinational banking and financial services company SOCIETE GENERALE up 0.87 percent.