Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverage, Retail and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.58% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.59%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG), which rose 3.43% or 0.370 points to trade at 11.155 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) added 3.24% or 0.855 points to end at 27.220 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) was up 2.51% or 0.570 points to 23.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which lost 4.55% or 1.140 points to trade at 23.905 in late trade. E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) declined 3.92% or 0.545 points to end at 13.375 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) shed 2.40% or 0.350 points to 14.205.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which rose 15.65% to 13.005, Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which was up 6.70% to settle at 50.420 and Metro AG ST O.N. (XETRA:MEOG) which gained 4.20% to close at 29.155.
The worst performers were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) which was down 3.84% to 55.560 in late trade, Fielmann AG O.N. (XETRA:FIEG) which lost 1.56% to settle at 59.220 and Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which was down 1.09% to 15.360 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XETRA:AFXG) which rose 3.50% to 23.985, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was up 2.48% to settle at 6.534 and Freenet AG NA (XETRA:FNTGN) which gained 2.36% to close at 26.650.
The worst performers were PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which was down 3.29% to 12.040 in late trade, Qiagen NV (XETRA:QGEN) which lost 1.98% to settle at 19.835 and BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which was down 1.32% to 243.850 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 503 to 231 and 17 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.96% to 20.65.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 1.31% or 16.70 to $1260.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.72% or 1.35 to hit $50.92 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.60% or 1.43 to trade at $56.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.07% to 1.1463, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.7575.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.94% at 93.92.