Paris - One day after suffering the largest single-day loss in its 21-year-history, the Paris Bourse's benchmark CAC 40 was trying to rebound in early trading on Tuesday.

One hour after opening, the CAC 40 was up 1.64 per cent, to 3,773, with advancing issues outpacing losers by 3 to 1.

French-Belgian financial services group Dexia again led the declining issues, down more than 5 per cent, at 6.46 euros (8.75 dollars).

Early Tuesday, former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene was named head of the company's board of directors and French banker and BNP Paribas executive Pierre Mariani became Dexia's chief executive.

French banks Societe Generale and Credit Agricole were among the early declining issues on Tuesday, giving up 1.45 and 0.67 per cent, respectively. (dpa)