Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Media and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.83%, while the MDAX index added 0.96%, and the TecDAX index added 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 3.29% or 0.805 points to trade at 25.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 3.02% or 5.00 points to end at 170.40 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 1.88% or 1.600 points to 86.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 1.94% or 1.800 points to trade at 91.170 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 1.93% or 0.385 points to end at 19.600 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was down 1.25% or 0.155 points to 12.215.
The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which rose 3.76% to 38.910, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 2.89% to settle at 84.650 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 2.78% to close at 70.710.
The worst performers were Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 1.46% to 39.150 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 1.44% to settle at 37.310 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 1.06% to 64.710 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 15.83% to 12.220, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 10.00% to settle at 6.118 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which gained 4.19% to close at 27.590.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 1.45% to 4.090 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 0.64% to settle at 45.18 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 0.27% to 31.640 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 502 to 242 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.29% or 0.805 to 25.280. Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.02% or 5.00 to 170.40. Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; rising 2.89% or 2.380 to 84.650.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.46% to 12.74.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.56% or 7.16 to $1282.46 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.55% or 0.31 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.19 to trade at $62.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1740, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8873.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.89.