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

Paris closed with the index climbing 0.54% and the the gain was 0.57%.

Veolia Environnement VE SA, which gained 2.74% (or 0.87 points) to close at 32.58. Engie SA (PA) gained 1.58%, or 0.20 points, to close at 13.12. Carrefour SA (PA:), was up 1.08% (0.17 points) to 15.91 in late trading.

WFD Unibail Rodamco NV NV (AS) were the worst-performing session, falling 0.47% (0.29 points) to close at 60.88. Renault SA (PA) fell 0.41%, or 0.12 point to reach 30.05. Eurofins Scientific SE was also down 0.18 points or 0.20 to 110.48.

Veolia Environnement VE SA, which rose 2.74% (PA) to 32.58), Ovh Groupe SAS(PA:), which increased 2.62% (PA) to settle at 24,32), and CGG SA [PA:] which gained 2.27% (close at 0.666).

These were the worst performers Valneva (PA) was at a 2.58% drop to 25.700 by late trade Eramet SA (PA:), which fell 2.09% to 70.20, and Solutions 30 SE (30 PA:), which dropped 1.47% to 6.71 by the end.

The Paris Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 346 to 231, and 102 ended the same.

Veolia Environnement VE SA shares (PA:), rose to five-year highs, up 2.74% (0.87 to 32.58). Veolia Environnement VE SA shares (PA:), rose to five-year highs, up 2.74% (0.87 to 32.58). Ovh Groupe SAS’s shares rose by 2.62 percent or 0.62 to 24.32 to reach all-time highs.

The was unchanged at 0%, to 18.96, an all-time 52 week low.

For February delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.11% to $1810.85 per troy. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.39 percent to $75.96 a bar in February, and March Brent oil, which rose 0.44 percent to $78.66 to trade.

EUR/USD dropped 0.1% to 1.1309 and EUR/GBP fell 0.8% to 0.8417.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.6% at 96.140