Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Retail and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.32%, while the MDAX index added 2.36%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG), which rose 4.21% or 6.70 points to trade at 165.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) added 3.75% or 54.00 points to end at 1,494.00 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) was up 3.71% or 1.01 points to 28.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN), which fell 2.03% or 4.10 points to trade at 198.20 at the close. Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p) declined 0.45% or 0.20 points to end at 44.02 and Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN) was down 0.31% or 0.07 points to 20.83.
The top performers on the MDAX were RENK Group AG (ETR:R3NK) which rose 8.48% to 51.89, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) which was up 8.28% to settle at 19.88 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1) which gained 6.07% to close at 2.76.
The worst performers were Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which was down 3.58% to 51.10 in late trade, K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which lost 1.45% to settle at 13.55 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which was down 1.40% to 33.75 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which rose 5.86% to 68.60, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG) which was up 4.73% to settle at 53.15 and Formycon AG (ETR:FYB) which gained 4.66% to close at 23.60.
The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was down 0.21% to 71.50 in late trade, Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which gained 0.11% to settle at 37.17 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which was up 0.27% to 22.14 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 469 to 167 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.75% or 54.00 to 1,494.00. Shares in RENK Group AG (ETR:R3NK) rose to all time highs; up 8.48% or 4.06 to 51.89. Shares in Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.58% or 1.90 to 51.10.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 21.14.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.41% or 13.09 to $3,239.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.73% or 0.45 to hit $61.08 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.49 to trade at $64.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP fell 0.86% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 99.87.