Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Consumer & Cyclical and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.19% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index gained 0.24%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which rose 1.29% or 0.470 points to trade at 36.930 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 0.89% or 0.880 points to end at 99.740 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 0.86% or 0.100 points to 11.680 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 1.52% or 0.270 points to trade at 17.540 in late trade. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 0.63% or 0.047 points to end at 7.450 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) shed 0.53% or 0.120 points to 22.610.
The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which rose 2.34% to 29.970, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 1.96% to settle at 37.515 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which gained 1.43% to close at 70.050.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.65% to 41.195 in late trade, Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which lost 0.96% to settle at 426.350 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 0.91% to 35.74 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 4.23% to 20.585, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 2.82% to settle at 19.845 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.14% to close at 7.221.
The worst performers were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 0.40% to 45.220 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 16.355 and Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was unchanged 0.00% to 0.032 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 493 to 261 and 22 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 9.31% to 16.52.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.25 to $1137.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.40% or 0.74 to hit $53.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.71 to trade at $56.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0457, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.