Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction, Software and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.33%, while the MDAX index gained 0.29%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 2.01% or 1.140 points to trade at 57.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) added 1.62% or 2.200 points to end at 138.100 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.46% or 1.32 points to 91.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which fell 1.97% or 0.490 points to trade at 24.420 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.77% or 0.355 points to end at 19.715 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 1.38% or 0.600 points to 42.800.
The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.22% to 19.620, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 3.38% to settle at 104.0000 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which gained 2.66% to close at 92.23.
The worst performers were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 4.77% to 43.35 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which lost 4.07% to settle at 16.2600 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 2.93% to 15.0800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 10.95% to 0.12, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which was up 8.61% to settle at 26.480 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which gained 4.13% to close at 17.65.
The worst performers were Deutsche Beteiligungs AG O.N. (DE:DBANn) which was down 10.01% to 31.000 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 2.81% to settle at 8.980 and Corestate Capital Holding SA (DE:CCAG) which was down 2.21% to 28.7500 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 305 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.07% or 0.6900 to 16.2600. Shares in Deutsche Beteiligungs AG O.N. (DE:DBANn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.01% or 3.450 to 31.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.88% to 19.55 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.21% or 2.65 to $1288.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.61% or 1.32 to hit $51.83 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 1.24 to trade at $60.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 95.752.