Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Retail and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.10% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 0.09%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 2.68% or 0.595 points to trade at 22.765 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 2.44% or 2.55 points to end at 107.05 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 1.69% or 1.460 points to 87.830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which lost 2.66% or 5.50 points to trade at 201.15 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 2.27% or 0.355 points to end at 15.315 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) shed 1.54% or 1.160 points to 74.390.
The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which rose 2.41% to 79.190, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 2.16% to settle at 40.18 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which gained 2.11% to close at 39.485.
The worst performers were Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 5.25% to 34.180 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 4.82% to settle at 20.150 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 3.97% to 72.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 13.60% to 4.527, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 5.43% to settle at 63.540 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 5.06% to close at 13.900.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 4.12% to 80.610 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 1.51% to settle at 10.450 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 1.22% to 48.885 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 434 to 315 and 29 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.41% to 13.80 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.99% or 12.60 to $1264.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $49.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.10 to trade at $52.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0940, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 98.66.