Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer & Cyclical and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.61% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.25%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QIA), which rose 4.24% or 1.995 points to trade at 49.030 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) added 3.75% or 4.55 points to end at 126.00 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 3.52% or 3.80 points to 111.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which fell 0.65% or 1.28 points to trade at 195.10 at the close. Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) declined 0.61% or 0.490 points to end at 80.360 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 0.58% or 1.25 points to 214.95.
The top performers on the MDAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which rose 11.95% to 10.340, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was up 3.29% to settle at 47.160 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 2.62% to close at 13.90.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 2.14% to 63.690 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 1.87% to settle at 41.560 and AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which was down 1.80% to 32.80 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which rose 4.84% to 39.00, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was up 4.24% to settle at 49.030 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 4.05% to close at 15.400.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.87% to 41.560 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.67% to settle at 47.000 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 1.53% to 177.550 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 351 to 341 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.24% or 1.995 to 49.030. Shares in Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) rose to all time highs; up 4.24% or 1.995 to 49.030.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.79% to 15.38 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 9.45 to $1857.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.49% or 0.39 to hit $80.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.67 to trade at $82.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1329, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8437.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 95.832.