France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.02%

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 lost 0.02%, while the index gained 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the were Atos SE (PA:), which rose 3.83% or 2.84 points to trade at 77.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:) added 3.53% or 1.46 points to end at 42.81 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:) was up 2.82% or 1.16 points to 42.26 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were L’Oreal SA (PA:), which fell 1.29% or 3.40 points to trade at 259.60 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:) declined 1.09% or 1.46 points to end at 132.00 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:) was down 0.94% or 0.18 points to 19.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen SA (PA:) which rose 5.79% to 83.20, Biomerieux SA (PA:) which was up 5.70% to settle at 85.25 and Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:) which gained 4.66% to close at 25.81.

The worst performers were Trigano SA (PA:) which was down 3.98% to 90.55 in late trade, Dassault Aviation SA (PA:) which lost 3.41% to settle at 1133.00 and Elis Services SA (PA:) which was down 1.89% to 18.17 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 315 to 247 and 95 ended unchanged.

Shares in Biomerieux SA (PA:) rose to all time highs; up 5.70% or 4.60 to 85.25.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.26% to 13.54.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 4.55 to $1573.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.44% or 0.91 to hit $62.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.52% or 1.05 to trade at $67.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1142, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8487.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 96.710.

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