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

The index gained 1.15% at the Frankfurt close, while it climbed by 0.76% and added 1.01%.

They were the top performers at the session Bayer AG NA (ETR) rose 5.40%, or 3.17 points, to trade at 61.89 by the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR): Added 3.04%, or 1.43 points, to reach 48.51 Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. Late trade saw an increase of 2.96%, or 1.08 points, in ETR.

These were the worst performers of the session. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, (ETR) fell 2.2% or 2.22 points at the close to trade at 72.34 MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:) declined 2.70% or 4.85 points to end at 174.45 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR) fell 2.32%, or 0.79 points, to 33.24.

Top performers in the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR) rose 13.64% at 24.00. Gerresheimer AG was also up 4.07% and settled at 67.80. Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref, ETR:), which rose 3.94% to close at 29.

They were among the most disappointing. Aurubis AG (ETR:), which fell 7.44% to 90.12 in late-trade, Fraport AG (ETR) lost 3.89% and settled at 48.96 Rheinmetall AG (ETR) was at its lowest point of 2.75 to 181.90 by the closing.

Evotec AG O.N. were the top-performing companies on the TecDAX. Evotec AG O.N. was the top performer on the TecDAX, rising 13.64% from 24.00 to 24.00 Siltronic AG (ETR:), which was higher by 3.21% and settled at 82.00 Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. O.N.

Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG, which fell 5.47% and was at 47.50 by late trade were the worst-performing traders Nordex SE O.N. SE O.N. Qiagen The close of the NV (ETR) was 1.80% lower at 42.10

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 356 to 334, while 74 ended the same.

Nordex SE O.N. Shares fell by 2.93% or 0.34 to 11.27. (ETR:), fell to 52 week lows. It lost 2.93%, or 0.34, to 11.27.

The, which is a measure of implied volatility for DAX options was 3.99% lower at 33.92.

The June delivery of Gold Futures was down by 0.88%, or 16.31, to $1.842.29 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 3.7%, or 3.78, to $99.31 per barrel. The July Brent oil contract dropped 3.63%, or 3.85, to $102.09 per barrel.

EUR/USD was stable at 1.05 by 0.23%, and EUR/GBP, unchanged at 0.00% to 0.86.

At 103.95, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.25%.