Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Technology and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.52%, while the MDAX index gained 1.53%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 7.33% or 1.76 points to trade at 25.76 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) added 4.26% or 1.24 points to end at 30.35 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) was up 3.51% or 1.09 points to 32.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which lost 6.75% or 35.00 points to trade at 483.20 in late trade. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn) declined 2.42% or 6.70 points to end at 269.70 and Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn) shed 1.64% or 4.20 points to 252.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which rose 7.76% to 29.99, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was up 5.34% to settle at 8.64 and Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n) which gained 4.79% to close at 6.30.
The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 7.27% to 28.08 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which lost 1.77% to settle at 16.06 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:TLXGn) which was down 1.57% to 75.35 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which rose 7.08% to 57.50, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which was up 6.09% to settle at 18.98 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 4.47% to close at 59.55.
The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 7.27% to 28.08 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) which lost 0.85% to settle at 26.68 and Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which was down 0.81% to 16.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 410 to 189 and 32 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.40% to 15.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.71% or 18.50 to $2,590.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.67% or 1.15 to hit $70.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 1.00 to trade at $73.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.60.