Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.54%, while the MDAX index gained 0.49%, and the TecDAX index added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN), which rose 2.08% or 0.565 points to trade at 27.765 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) added 1.98% or 2.450 points to end at 126.500 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) was up 1.96% or 1.070 points to 55.690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG), which fell 0.76% or 0.090 points to trade at 11.825 at the close. E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) declined 0.40% or 0.050 points to end at 12.390 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) was down 0.24% or 0.240 points to 98.350.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (XETRA:GXId) which rose 3.92% to 52.960, Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which was up 2.91% to settle at 20.140 and Krones AG O.N. (XETRA:KRNG) which gained 2.59% to close at 94.500.
The worst performers were Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which was down 1.70% to 11.245 in late trade, Metro AG ST O.N. (XETRA:MEOG) which lost 1.30% to settle at 29.175 and Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was down 0.89% to 45.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which rose 7.02% to 6.590, Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which was up 4.62% to settle at 3.624 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 3.72% to close at 157.500.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which was down 2.06% to 29.670 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which lost 1.63% to settle at 21.150 and PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which was down 1.17% to 10.600 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 431 to 319 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.40% or 0.050 to 12.390.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 24.77 a new 52-week high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.50% or 5.90 to $1179.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.83% or 0.50 to hit $60.50 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.18 to trade at $63.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1232, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.7182.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.33.