The flagship CAC 40 index lost 15.37 points to 7,303.81 points on Monday. At the previous close, Friday, the Parisian market had gained 89.91 points.

Trading volumes of the session stood at 1.4 billion euros, "against two to three billion usually" Wall Street is closed for Memorial Day, investors are keeping an eye on US index futures, which were hovering between +0.30% and -0.36% around 15:30 GMT.