Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Chemicals and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.63% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.96%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG), which rose 5.14% or 0.540 points to trade at 11.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) added 4.00% or 7.050 points to end at 183.100 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was up 3.32% or 0.475 points to 14.775 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn), which fell 2.14% or 0.280 points to trade at 12.785 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) declined 2.10% or 0.440 points to end at 20.500 and RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) was down 1.41% or 0.325 points to 22.775.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which rose 5.68% to 36.316, Metro AG ST O.N. (XETRA:MEOG) which was up 4.48% to settle at 26.705 and Aareal Bank AG (XETRA:ARLG) which gained 4.04% to close at 32.600.
The worst performers were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 5.91% to 10.500 in late trade, Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which lost 5.42% to settle at 44.995 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which was down 1.53% to 39.685 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which rose 11.45% to 1.889, Qiagen NV (XETRA:QGEN) which was up 2.91% to settle at 19.990 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 2.39% to close at 104.950.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 2.74% to 7.996 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which lost 1.38% to settle at 2.939 and Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which was down 1.07% to 3.798 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 503 to 211 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.00% or 7.050 to 183.100. Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.41% or 0.325 to 22.775. Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.74% or 0.225 to 7.996. Shares in Qiagen NV (XETRA:QGEN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.91% or 0.565 to 19.990. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; rising 2.39% or 2.450 to 104.950.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.13% to 21.99.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1236.60 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in February fell 0.87% or 0.40 to hit $45.67 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.26 to trade at $47.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1777, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.7768.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 92.46.