Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.39%, while the MDAX index added 1.10%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN), which rose 3.39% or 4.550 points to trade at 138.750 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) added 3.17% or 0.405 points to end at 13.195 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 2.60% or 0.310 points to 12.215 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck KGaA (DE:MRK), which lost 2.00% or 1.900 points to trade at 93.040 in late trade. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) declined 1.18% or 2.100 points to end at 175.150 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) shed 1.18% or 1.800 points to 151.200.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which rose 5.27% to 28.190, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 4.22% to settle at 36.390 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which gained 3.31% to close at 55.840.
The worst performers were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 3.64% to 10.06 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 3.06% to settle at 36.775 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 2.07% to 65.390 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 6.43% to 9.270, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 3.82% to settle at 21.730 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 3.34% to close at 38.810.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 2.25% to 36.280 in late trade, Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which lost 2.01% to settle at 4.682 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.54% to 13.390 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 532 to 352 and 25 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.02% to 19.34.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.55 to $1224.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 4.76% or 2.06 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.37% or 1.94 to trade at $46.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0724, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 100.20.