Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.57% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index gained 1.40%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.97% or 1.900 points to trade at 65.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 2.76% or 2.70 points to end at 100.68 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 2.71% or 2.240 points to 84.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 0.27% or 0.22 points to trade at 81.26 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 0.30% or 0.027 points to end at 9.028 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 0.37% or 0.100 points to 27.010.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 14.15% to 0.16, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 5.20% to settle at 52.980 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 4.52% to close at 69.800.
The worst performers were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was down 0.45% to 83.900 in late trade, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which lost 0.17% to settle at 9.340 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 0.08% to 37.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 12.73% to 15.500, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 5.34% to settle at 5.720 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 4.71% to close at 21.800.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 11.70% to 69.050 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 1.39% to settle at 127.400 and Software AG (DE:SOWG) which was down 0.22% to 40.030 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 509 to 189 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) fell to 52-week lows; losing 11.70% or 9.150 to 69.050.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.81% to 14.89 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 3.10 to $1347.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.2343, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8637.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.35.