Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Software and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.30%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.07%, and the TecDAX index added 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 4.15% or 0.695 points to trade at 17.460 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 4.07% or 0.800 points to end at 20.450 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) was up 3.49% or 5.300 points to 157.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BAYER AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 2.87% or 1.97 points to trade at 66.64 at the close. Linde PLC (DE:LINI) declined 1.50% or 2.150 points to end at 140.800 and Fresenius SE&Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 0.80% or 0.420 points to 52.040.
The top performers on the MDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 5.51% to 81.600, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 4.50% to settle at 8.41 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which gained 4.17% to close at 78.000.
The worst performers were Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 4.95% to 30.900 in late trade, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which lost 4.13% to settle at 33.46 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was down 2.76% to 25.320 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Hamburger Hafen Und Logistik A-SP (DE:HHFGn) which rose 8.02% to 20.200, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was up 7.51% to settle at 38.65 and Deutz AG (DE:DEZG) which gained 7.45% to close at 6.850.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 16.83% to 7.968 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 6.38% to settle at 18.190 and HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which was down 4.61% to 10.55 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 401 to 291 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius SE&Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.80% or 0.420 to 52.040. Shares in Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.95% or 1.610 to 30.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.19% to 18.93.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.70 to $1203.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.25% or 2.55 to hit $57.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.19% or 2.94 to trade at $67.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1284, while EUR/GBP fell 0.84% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 96.97.
