Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.56%, while the MDAX index added 0.54%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which rose 3.22% or 0.315 points to trade at 10.090 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) added 2.41% or 0.575 points to end at 24.480 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) was up 2.21% or 1.890 points to 87.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn), which fell 6.15% or 0.527 points to trade at 8.041 at the close. K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGn) declined 5.17% or 1.835 points to end at 33.630 and RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) was down 3.31% or 0.390 points to 11.410.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which rose 4.53% to 74.530, Leoni AG NA O.N. (XETRA:LEOGn) which was up 3.16% to settle at 56.120 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (XETRA:STAGn) which gained 2.86% to close at 33.055.
The worst performers were Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which was down 1.79% to 30.490 in late trade, Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which lost 1.47% to settle at 15.055 and Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which was down 0.94% to 16.395 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which rose 4.21% to 3.909, Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which was up 3.73% to settle at 45.605 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which gained 3.37% to close at 6.566.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 1.52% to 29.545 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) which lost 0.57% to settle at 5.559 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which was down 0.23% to 82.810 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 401 to 275 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) fell to all time lows; falling 6.15% or 0.527 to 8.041. Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) fell to all time lows; losing 3.31% or 0.390 to 11.410. Shares in Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.47% or 0.225 to 15.055.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.97% to 25.83.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.38% or 4.20 to $1103.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.00% or 0.88 to hit $44.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $47.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.7341.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 95.79.