France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.08%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the rose 0.08%, while the index lost 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which rose 3.53% or 4.40 points to trade at 129.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) added 2.66% or 1.52 points to end at 58.60 and Carrefour SA (EPA:) was up 1.91% or 0.31 points to 16.54 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Legrand SA (EPA:), which fell 1.75% or 1.68 points to trade at 94.50 at the close. Stellantis NV (EPA:) declined 1.00% or 0.22 points to end at 21.29 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:) was down 0.93% or 0.23 points to 23.97.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Virbac SA (EPA:) which rose 12.01% to 340.50, Worldline SA (EPA:) which was up 6.67% to settle at 16.47 and Solvay SA (EBR:) which gained 4.13% to close at 27.21.

The worst performers were ID Logistics SAS (EPA:) which was down 1.95% to 301.50 in late trade, Legrand SA (EPA:) which lost 1.75% to settle at 94.50 and Elior Group (EPA:) which was down 1.09% to 2.73 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 236 and 91 ended unchanged.

Shares in Virbac SA (EPA:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 12.01% or 36.50 to 340.50.

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 February delivery was up 0.89% or 18.25 to $2,058.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.03% or 1.48 to hit $74.30 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.03% or 1.58 to trade at $79.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 101.74.