Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Software and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.11% to hit a new 6-months high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.71%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.91% or 1.425 points to trade at 50.330 at the close. Meanwhile, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) added 2.83% or 3.400 points to end at 123.500 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 2.37% or 2.22 points to 96.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 3.96% or 0.540 points to trade at 13.080 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 2.04% or 0.460 points to end at 22.130 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.92% or 3.14 points to 160.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 5.10% to 160.700, Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was up 3.03% to settle at 68.050 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 2.70% to close at 156.000.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 3.11% to 59.150 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 2.78% to settle at 7.901 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 2.67% to 45.960 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 5.10% to 160.700, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 3.70% to settle at 24.66 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.83% to close at 123.500.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 2.45% to 33.420 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.28% to settle at 20.540 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which was down 1.40% to 21.175 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 354 to 339 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.70% or 4.100 to 156.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.04% to 13.70.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1274.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.02% or 0.67 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.34 to trade at $74.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1213, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.322.