Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Software and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.11% to hit a new 6-month high, while the MDAX index gained 0.71%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.91% or 1.425 points to trade at 50.330 at the close. Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) added 2.83% or 3.400 points to end at 123.500 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 2.37% or 2.22 points to 96.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which lost 3.96% or 0.540 points to trade at 13.080 in late trade. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 2.04% or 0.460 points to end at 22.130 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) shed 1.92% or 3.14 points to 160.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 5.10% to 160.700, Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was up 3.03% to settle at 68.050 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 2.70% to close at 156.000.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 3.11% to 59.150 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 2.78% to settle at 7.901 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 2.67% to 45.960 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 5.10% to 160.700, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 3.70% to settle at 24.66 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.83% to close at 123.500.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 2.45% to 33.420 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.28% to settle at 20.540 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which was down 1.40% to 21.175 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 354 to 339 and 84 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.04% to 13.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.05 to $1274.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.02% or 0.67 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.34 to trade at $74.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1212, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.322.