Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Consumer & Cyclical and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.19% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index added 0.24%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which rose 1.29% or 0.470 points to trade at 36.930 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 0.89% or 0.880 points to end at 99.740 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 0.86% or 0.100 points to 11.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 1.52% or 0.270 points to trade at 17.540 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 0.63% or 0.047 points to end at 7.450 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 0.53% or 0.120 points to 22.610.
The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which rose 2.34% to 29.970, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 1.96% to settle at 37.515 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which gained 1.43% to close at 70.050.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.65% to 41.195 in late trade, Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which lost 0.96% to settle at 426.350 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 0.91% to 35.74 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 4.23% to 20.585, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 2.82% to settle at 19.845 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.14% to close at 7.221.
The worst performers were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 0.40% to 45.220 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 16.355 and Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was unchanged 0.00% to 0.032 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 493 to 261 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.14% or 0.151 to 7.221.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 9.31% to 16.52.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.38% or 4.35 to $1137.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.41% or 0.75 to hit $53.77 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.29% or 0.72 to trade at $56.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.