France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.34%

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 fell 0.34%, while the index gained 0.63%.

The best performers of the session on the were Alstom SA (EPA:), which rose 3.84% or 0.44 points to trade at 11.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:) added 3.42% or 4.95 points to end at 149.55 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) was up 1.90% or 0.79 points to 42.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Edenred SA (EPA:), which fell 3.55% or 2.08 points to trade at 56.54 at the close. Engie SA (EPA:) declined 2.09% or 0.33 points to end at 15.30 and Safran SA (EPA:) was down 1.86% or 3.20 points to 168.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (EPA:) which rose 7.66% to 8.08, Valeo SA (EPA:) which was up 4.80% to settle at 12.00 and Alstom SA (EPA:) which gained 3.84% to close at 11.91.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 3.61% to 3.64 in late trade, Edenred SA (EPA:) which lost 3.55% to settle at 56.54 and Coface (EPA:) which was down 2.72% to 12.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 258 to 241 and 104 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 February delivery was up 0.21% or 4.15 to $2,026.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $79.90 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 103.57.