Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.61%, while the MDAX index added 0.36%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 2.31% or 3.26 points to trade at 144.44 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 2.22% or 1.550 points to end at 71.250 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.85% or 0.342 points to 18.848 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which lost 1.99% or 1.80 points to trade at 88.80 in late trade. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) declined 1.46% or 0.430 points to end at 29.010 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) shed 1.41% or 1.550 points to 108.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 3.50% to 50.580, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 3.29% to settle at 87.8000 and Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which gained 2.83% to close at 32.71.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 2.24% to 32.300 in late trade, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which lost 1.69% to settle at 7.324 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was down 1.67% to 37.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 5.57% to 9.010, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.36% to settle at 8.4800 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 3.29% to close at 87.800.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.92% to 9.80 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 2.24% to settle at 32.300 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 1.99% to 320.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 443 to 260 and 78 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.26% to 14.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1295.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.36% or 0.84 to hit $62.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.27 to trade at $69.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1201, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8551.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.933.