Germany shares higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.93%

Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources , Technology and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.93%, while the MDAX index gained 1.41%, and the TecDAX index added 1.25%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE: TKAG ), which rose 4.84% or 0.565 points to trade at 12.235 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE: DBKGn ) added 3.67% or 0.219 points to end at 6.185 and Continental AG O.N. (DE: CONG ) was up 3.38% or 4.20 points to 128.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Adidas AG (DE: ADSGN ), which lost 1.13% or 3.00 points to trade at 262.25 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE: RWEG ) declined 0.83% or 0.195 points to end at 23.275 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE: DTEGn ) shed 0.44% or 0.068 points to 15.320.

The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE: OSRn ) which rose 4.82% to 26.32, Siltronic AG (DE: WAFGn ) which was up 4.52% to settle at 63.800 and Lanxess AG (DE: LXSG ) which gained 4.25% to close at 48.270.

The worst performers were Puma SE (DE: PUMG ) which was down 90.24% to 54.38 in late trade, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE: PBBG ) which lost 8.25% to settle at 11.01 and Rocket Internet (DE: RKET ) which was down 1.09% to 24.57 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE: S92G ) which rose 5.79% to 23.760, Siltronic AG (DE: WAFGn ) which was up 4.52% to settle at 63.800 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE: DLGS ) which gained 4.15% to close at 31.3500.

The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE: AM3D ) which was down 6.48% to 10.10 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE: O2Dn ) which lost 0.63% to settle at 2.542 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE: DTEGn ) which was down 0.44% to 15.320 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 493 to 226 and 54 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.55% to 15.21 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 1.75 to $1331.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $53.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $62.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1326, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8904.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.683.