Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.93%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.41%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 4.84% or 0.565 points to trade at 12.235 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 3.67% or 0.219 points to end at 6.185 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 3.38% or 4.20 points to 128.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which fell 1.13% or 3.00 points to trade at 262.25 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 0.83% or 0.195 points to end at 23.275 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 0.44% or 0.068 points to 15.320.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which rose 4.82% to 26.32, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 4.52% to settle at 63.800 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which gained 4.25% to close at 48.270.
The worst performers were Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was down 90.24% to 54.38 in late trade, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which lost 8.25% to settle at 11.01 and Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was down 1.09% to 24.57 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 5.79% to 23.760, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 4.52% to settle at 63.800 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 4.15% to close at 31.3500.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 6.48% to 10.10 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which lost 0.63% to settle at 2.542 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which was down 0.44% to 15.320 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 493 to 226 and 54 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.55% to 15.21 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.65 to $1330.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $53.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $62.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1326, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.680.