Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.43%, while the MDAX index gained 0.49%, and the TecDAX index added 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 2.46% or 0.200 points to trade at 8.322 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.66% or 1.34 points to end at 82.12 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.56% or 0.152 points to 9.919 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which lost 0.64% or 1.2500 points to trade at 193.0500 in late trade. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 0.50% or 0.048 points to end at 9.482 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) shed 0.32% or 0.14 points to 42.98.
The top performers on the MDAX were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which rose 2.93% to 12.12, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 2.91% to settle at 37.860 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.12% to close at 41.350.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.67% to 49.560 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 1.10% to settle at 95.380 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 1.10% to 70.100 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 10.47% to 14.880, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 3.73% to settle at 18.060 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.54% to close at 123.200.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 2.06% to 180.800 in late trade, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which lost 1.68% to settle at 23.45 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 0.91% to 54.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 420 to 272 and 87 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.06% to 15.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1195.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.10% or 0.72 to hit $66.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.51 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1528, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 95.45.