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

Frankfurt closed with the Gaining 1.05%. The index gained 0.57% and the Index climbed 1.67%.

Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. was the best performer of the session. (DE:), which rose by 4.63% to 35.625 points at the close. In the meantime, HelloFresh SE (DE:), added 3.64%, or 2.88 points, to reach 81.96 Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. In late trade, the DE: was up 3.56% (or 0.380 points) to 11.040

They were also the session’s worst performers Bayer AG NA (DE): Traded at 46.14 after the close. It fell by 1.07%, or 0.50 point. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE): The 63.530 mark was reached by a decline of 1.07%. Covestro AG (DE): The drop in 1.00% was 0.580 to 57.340.

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG was tops on MDAX (DE) with a rise of 3.98% at 164.600 Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO, DE: which rose 3.91% to settle in at 40.880 Aixtron SE (DE:), which rose 3.37% to close at 21,165

Rational AG(DE:), which fell 4.84% to 747.60 by late trade, AUTO1 Group SE/DE: which dropped 2.43% to settle in at 29.32, and Deutsche Lufthansa AG(DE:), which declined 2.08% to 6.212 at the close.

The TecDAX’s top performers were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. O.N. (DE) was at 3.563%, and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG at (DE) were at 35.625.

The worst performers were S&T AG (DE:) which was down 2.77% to 21.06 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE :), which fell 1.12% to close at 23.76, and 11 AG(DE :), which closed at 0.59% at 27.040.

On the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered falling ones by 464 to243. 67 ended unaffected.

AUTO1 Group SE shares (DE:) plunged to new lows, falling 2.3% (0.73 to 29.32). TeamViewer AG shares (DE:), fell by 1.12%, or 0.27, to 22.76.

The, which is a measure of implied volatility in DAX options, fell 11.61% from 22.08.

Dec delivery gold futures fell 0.48% to $1759.15 an ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 1.27 percent or 1.27 in November to reach $78.89 per barrel. The December Brent oil contract rose 1.30 or 1.60% to trade at $82.56 per barrel.

EUR/USD fell 0.1% to 1.1609 while EUR/GBP dropped 0.30%, to 0.8510.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.1% at 93.882.