Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.14%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG), which rose 19.51% or 13.70 points to trade at 83.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) added 3.10% or 4.36 points to end at 145.03 and Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) was up 2.41% or 2.000 points to 84.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n), which fell 2.52% or 0.63 points to trade at 24.40 at the close. Covestro AG (DE:1COV) declined 2.15% or 1.200 points to end at 54.540 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was down 1.49% or 0.935 points to 62.025.
The top performers on the MDAX were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which rose 5.37% to 13.26, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which was up 1.79% to settle at 5.926 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 1.68% to close at 21.235.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which was down 3.74% to 8.860 in late trade, K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which lost 2.61% to settle at 14.832 and Befesa SA (DE:BFSA) which was down 2.52% to 62.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 6.03% to 42.835, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 5.37% to settle at 13.26 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 2.03% to close at 60.20.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.97% to 15.220 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.23% to settle at 44.620 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 1.49% to 47.715 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 348 to 325 and 37 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.04% to 16.59.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 5.75 to $1790.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.02% or 0.86 to hit $83.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.43 to trade at $84.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.090.