Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction, Utilities and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.36%, while the MDAX index gained 0.28%, and the TecDAX index added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.13% or 0.365 points to trade at 12.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.41% or 3.950 points to end at 167.950 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 1.88% or 1.260 points to 68.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (DE:BMWG), which fell 1.05% or 0.860 points to trade at 81.200 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 0.70% or 0.450 points to end at 63.540 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was down 0.60% or 0.480 points to 79.690.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which rose 2.00% to 30.135, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was up 1.90% to settle at 44.040 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 1.77% to close at 35.84.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 2.46% to 33.12 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.38% to settle at 28.300 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 1.09% to 25.335 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which rose 3.56% to 3.780, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 3.03% to settle at 13.950 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 1.38% to close at 19.050.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.76% to 9.379 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 1.55% to settle at 6.045 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.42% to 22.870 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 439 to 405 and 43 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.88% to 20.31.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.30 to $1186.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.82% or 1.80 to hit $45.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.62% or 1.78 to trade at $47.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.0625, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.8498.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 101.18.