Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.43%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.49%, and the TecDAX index added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 2.46% or 0.200 points to trade at 8.322 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.66% or 1.34 points to end at 82.12 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.56% or 0.152 points to 9.919 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which fell 0.64% or 1.2500 points to trade at 193.0500 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 0.50% or 0.048 points to end at 9.482 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was down 0.32% or 0.14 points to 42.98.
The top performers on the MDAX were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which rose 2.93% to 12.12, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 2.91% to settle at 37.860 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.12% to close at 41.350.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.67% to 49.560 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 1.10% to settle at 95.380 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 1.10% to 70.100 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 10.47% to 14.880, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 3.73% to settle at 18.060 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.54% to close at 123.200.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 2.06% to 180.800 in late trade, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which lost 1.68% to settle at 23.45 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 0.91% to 54.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 420 to 272 and 87 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.06% to 15.44.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1195.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.70 to hit $66.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.51 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1529, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.44.