Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Media and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.72%, while the MDAX index gained 1.38%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.87%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG), which rose 2.00% or 2.050 points to trade at 104.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) added 1.80% or 0.485 points to end at 27.485 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DAIGn) was up 1.47% or 1.260 points to 86.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which fell 0.60% or 0.120 points to trade at 19.920 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) declined 0.38% or 0.045 points to end at 11.700 and E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) was down 0.35% or 0.045 points to 12.700.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which rose 4.94% to 34.825, Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was up 3.30% to settle at 15.510 and Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) which gained 3.17% to close at 87.860.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which was down 0.56% to 33.685 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which lost 0.55% to settle at 100.150 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which was down 0.34% to 8.272 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which rose 4.19% to 43.000, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was up 3.69% to settle at 6.604 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 3.23% to close at 169.600.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which was down 0.50% to 3.611 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which lost 0.02% to settle at 81.040 and BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which was up 0.39% to 271.500 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 575 to 170 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; rising 3.23% or 5.300 to 169.600.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 25.41 a new 3-years high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.54% or 6.40 to $1177.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.08% or 0.65 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 0.97 to trade at $64.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.46% to 1.1174, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7102.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.12% at 95.58.