Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Retail and Software sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.31%, while the MDAX index added 0.20%, and the TecDAX index added 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 3.88% or 0.287 points to trade at 7.675 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 2.57% or 0.590 points to end at 23.525 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.24% or 1.45 points to 118.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 0.95% or 0.33 points to trade at 34.49 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) declined 0.94% or 1.00 points to end at 105.50 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was down 0.81% or 0.550 points to 67.190.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 3.37% to 41.92, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 2.08% to settle at 16.425 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 1.75% to close at 96.870.
The worst performers were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 1.96% to 18.990 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which lost 1.96% to settle at 67.930 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 1.26% to 109.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 4.88% to 62.570, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 4.11% to settle at 9.851 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 2.91% to close at 24.050.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 1.61% to 55.660 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.27% to settle at 76.220 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 0.40% to 12.390 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 430 to 293 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.24% or 1.45 to 118.05. Shares in Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.37% or 1.36 to 41.92. Shares in Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.75% or 1.670 to 96.870. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.88% or 2.910 to 62.570.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.75% to 12.87.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.36 to $1256.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $51.31 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 97.10.