Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.91%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.84%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.87% or 0.765 points to trade at 20.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) added 3.22% or 5.62 points to end at 180.00 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 2.44% or 0.226 points to 9.479 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which fell 0.66% or 0.500 points to trade at 74.740 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 0.29% or 0.28 points to end at 94.64 and Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) was down 0.05% or 0.1000 points to 203.8000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 3.55% to 67.160, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 3.52% to settle at 116.25 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 3.11% to close at 64.30.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 4.32% to 32.14 in late trade, Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which lost 1.91% to settle at 56.450 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 0.67% to 28.060 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which rose 5.90% to 57.40, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 5.50% to settle at 8.858 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 4.49% to close at 12.110.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 4.68% to 10.090 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 1.68% to settle at 18.720 and Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which was down 0.29% to 68.100 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 476 to 237 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.32% or 1.45 to 32.14. Shares in Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.91% or 1.100 to 56.450. Shares in GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.67% or 0.190 to 28.060.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.54% to 17.63.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.17% or 14.50 to $1256.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $77.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1645, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.42.