Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Media and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.53%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.03%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which rose 2.18% or 1.640 points to trade at 76.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) added 1.73% or 3.15 points to end at 185.00 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 1.69% or 0.470 points to 28.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 1.38% or 0.118 points to trade at 8.461 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.12% or 0.230 points to end at 20.330 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 0.97% or 0.210 points to 21.550.
The top performers on the MDAX were Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which rose 4.03% to 103.40, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 3.80% to settle at 118.85 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which gained 3.36% to close at 77.460.
The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was down 2.64% to 48.00 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 1.46% to settle at 57.400 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.34% to 7.382 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 4.53% to 10.190, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was up 3.96% to settle at 66.900 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which gained 3.95% to close at 32.140.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 3.92% to 33.820 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 2.08% to settle at 12.710 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 1.67% to 10.920 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 455 to 257 and 69 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.67% to 14.27.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1256.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $73.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.60 to trade at $78.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1730, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.96.