Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.13% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.41%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 5.37% or 12.80 points to trade at 251.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 2.17% or 4.10 points to end at 193.10 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 1.32% or 1.50 points to 115.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 2.09% or 0.192 points to trade at 9.016 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 2.08% or 3.60 points to end at 169.15 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was down 1.51% or 0.460 points to 30.100.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which rose 4.14% to 50.820, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was up 2.86% to settle at 55.80 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which gained 2.82% to close at 15.30.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 5.36% to 0.51 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.45% to settle at 39.740 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 1.77% to 44.51 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 6.06% to 10.235, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 3.04% to settle at 26.800 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which gained 3.00% to close at 29.540.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 3.53% to 12.420 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 3.07% to settle at 14.055 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.12% to 6.930 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 437 to 301 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) rose to all time highs; rising 5.37% or 12.80 to 251.30. Shares in Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.17% or 4.10 to 193.10. Shares in Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.14% or 2.020 to 50.820. Shares in Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) rose to all time highs; up 2.86% or 1.55 to 55.80.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.23% to 12.24.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 9.20 to $1311.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.51% or 0.93 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.74 to trade at $68.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1923, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.31.