Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Food & Beverages and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.56%, while the MDAX index added 0.97%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which rose 3.69% or 9.00 points to trade at 252.70 at the close. Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG) added 2.55% or 3.32 points to end at 133.56 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) was up 2.05% or 0.29 points to 14.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG), which lost 1.34% or 0.72 points to trade at 53.20 in late trade. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p) declined 1.26% or 1.00 points to end at 78.58 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (ETR:HEIG) shed 0.87% or 0.86 points to 97.80.
The top performers on the MDAX were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which rose 9.33% to 145.30, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (ETR:FPE3_p) which was up 6.50% to settle at 39.96 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which gained 4.18% to close at 20.19.
The worst performers were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:FMEG) which was down 4.51% to 35.75 in late trade, Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) which lost 3.00% to settle at 24.26 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG) which was down 1.64% to 92.16 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which rose 3.79% to 32.90, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was up 3.69% to settle at 252.70 and Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which gained 2.69% to close at 80.20.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 1.98% to 59.50 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which lost 1.34% to settle at 53.20 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 1.15% to 8.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 364 to 223 and 29 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.32% to 15.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.26% or 6.30 to $2,431.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.44% or 1.09 to hit $74.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 1.00 to trade at $78.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 104.38.