Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.75%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the rose 0.75%, while the index gained 1.04%, and the index gained 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the were Vonovia SE (ETR:), which rose 3.78% or 0.67 points to trade at 18.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) added 3.67% or 0.38 points to end at 10.88 and Zalando SE (ETR:) was up 3.62% or 0.90 points to 25.79 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:), which fell 0.93% or 1.00 points to trade at 106.48 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:) declined 0.90% or 1.45 points to end at 159.85 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:) was down 0.73% or 0.85 points to 115.75.

The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 4.61% to 21.33, Puma SE (ETR:) which was up 3.94% to settle at 54.40 and LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:) which gained 3.91% to close at 54.74.

The worst performers were Gerresheimer AG (ETR:) which was down 2.37% to 107.10 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which lost 2.11% to settle at 28.29 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which was down 2.05% to 29.68 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 4.61% to 21.33, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which was up 3.27% to settle at 101.00 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which gained 2.48% to close at 11.77.

The worst performers were ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which was down 3.43% to 9.24 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:) which lost 2.67% to settle at 25.50 and Siltronic AG (ETR:) which was down 2.34% to 66.65 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 397 to 252 and 95 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.77% to 16.66.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.31% or 6.00 to $1,937.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.48% or 1.81 to hit $74.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.15% or 1.67 to trade at $79.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.42% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.39.