Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Transportation & Logistics and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.14%, while the MDAX index gained 0.20%, and the TecDAX index added 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 2.18% or 0.808 points to trade at 37.898 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 2.11% or 1.225 points to end at 59.380 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.16% or 0.385 points to 33.445 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 1.74% or 2.25 points to trade at 126.75 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 1.41% or 4.20 points to end at 293.23 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 1.35% or 2.72 points to 199.43.
The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 3.62% to 44.970, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 3.48% to settle at 15.470 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 3.09% to close at 57.30.
The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 2.90% to 41.830 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which lost 2.83% to settle at 31.93 and Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:KBX) which was down 2.41% to 103.40 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 3.62% to 44.970, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 3.48% to settle at 15.470 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 3.09% to close at 57.30.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.43% to 41.385 in late trade, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which lost 0.87% to settle at 125.300 and Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 0.74% to 41.460 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 406 to 287 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.18% or 0.808 to 37.898. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.62% or 1.570 to 44.970. Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) fell to all time lows; losing 2.83% or 0.93 to 31.93. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.62% or 1.570 to 44.970. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.43% or 0.600 to 41.385.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.69% to 20.95.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 11.95 to $1806.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.29 to trade at $73.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1825, while EUR/GBP rose 0.00% to 0.8535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.475.