Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Financial Services and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.74%, while the MDAX index gained 0.99%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 2.70% or 0.720 points to trade at 27.380 at the close. Meanwhile, Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) added 2.42% or 4.55 points to end at 192.20 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 2.40% or 2.600 points to 111.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which fell 1.39% or 1.50 points to trade at 106.40 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) declined 0.84% or 0.740 points to end at 86.980 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 0.57% or 0.075 points to 13.195.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 4.72% to 57.240, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 3.65% to settle at 116.300 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 3.16% to close at 84.180.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 6.09% to 0.24 in late trade, Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which lost 1.18% to settle at 109.000 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 1.00% to 35.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 4.53% to 58.900, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 3.48% to settle at 8.990 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 3.36% to close at 32.600.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.06% to 24.050 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 1.36% to settle at 13.810 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.05% to 33.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 463 to 240 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.40% or 2.600 to 111.050. Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; down 6.09% or 0.02 to 0.24. Shares in Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.65% or 4.100 to 116.300. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.53% or 2.550 to 58.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.78% to 16.95.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.54% or 7.10 to $1310.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.12% or 1.32 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.22 to trade at $67.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.63% to 1.2258, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 89.92.