Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction, Transportation & Logistics and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.10%, while the MDAX index gained 0.01%, and the TecDAX index added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 1.28% or 0.091 points to trade at 7.201 at the close. Meanwhile, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) added 1.15% or 0.430 points to end at 37.855 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.03% or 0.190 points to 18.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 1.26% or 0.215 points to trade at 16.800 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 0.63% or 0.150 points to end at 23.595 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 0.54% or 0.410 points to 75.020.
The top performers on the MDAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which rose 1.65% to 119.800, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 1.63% to settle at 105.800 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which gained 1.62% to close at 37.215.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 3.38% to 64.980 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 2.28% to settle at 34.510 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 1.68% to 55.06 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 6.03% to 13.890, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 4.62% to settle at 9.937 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 4.43% to close at 38.90.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.02% to 49.745 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 0.59% to settle at 38.880 and Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which was down 0.44% to 35.015 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 317 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.65% or 1.950 to 119.800.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.30% to 15.74.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.17% or 2.15 to $1256.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.42% or 0.77 to hit $53.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.22% or 0.69 to trade at $55.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8544.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 100.91.