Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.81%, while the MDAX index gained 1.41%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.93%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 4.26% or 5.650 points to trade at 138.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde PLC (DE:LINI) added 3.46% or 6.450 points to end at 192.600 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 3.27% or 0.460 points to 14.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 0.19% or 0.10 points to trade at 51.78 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 0.06% or 0.020 points to end at 31.590 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 0.05% or 0.050 points to 103.550.
The top performers on the MDAX were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which rose 6.51% to 78.500, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 4.85% to settle at 25.520 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which gained 3.77% to close at 5.425.
The worst performers were Grand City Properties SA (DE:GYC) which was down 0.86% to 23.00 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which lost 0.79% to settle at 37.870 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 0.74% to 19.445 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which rose 6.51% to 78.500, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 4.85% to settle at 25.520 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 4.26% to close at 138.150.
The worst performers were New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which was down 2.88% to 303.00 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which lost 0.74% to settle at 19.445 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 0.65% to 30.450 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 532 to 146 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde PLC (DE:LINI) rose to all time highs; up 3.46% or 6.450 to 192.600.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.33% to 17.59.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.75% or 27.70 to $1555.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.50% or 0.25 to hit $50.16 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.41 to trade at $54.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1042, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8468.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.790.