Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.75%, while the MDAX index gained 0.26%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG), which rose 3.55% or 2.68 points to trade at 78.12 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) added 2.57% or 0.38 points to end at 15.16 and Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) was up 2.24% or 0.62 points to 28.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG), which lost 1.02% or 1.00 points to trade at 96.94 in late trade. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) declined 0.90% or 1.90 points to end at 209.10 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) shed 0.84% or 0.27 points to 31.80.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which rose 6.35% to 8.81, Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn) which was up 6.18% to settle at 292.20 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 4.48% to close at 60.60.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 4.34% to 14.76 in late trade, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (ETR:HLE) which lost 2.77% to settle at 87.60 and Rational AG (ETR:RAAG) which was down 1.56% to 884.50 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which rose 4.48% to 60.60, Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which was up 2.74% to settle at 63.70 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which gained 2.16% to close at 5.91.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 4.34% to 14.76 in late trade, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which lost 2.74% to settle at 127.80 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which was down 1.73% to 17.59 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 363 to 237 and 33 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.83% to 14.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.84% or 22.20 to $2,674.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.48% or 1.04 to hit $71.41 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 1.10 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 100.27.