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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.32%, while the MDAX index added 2.36%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.51%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR: HEIG ), which rose 4.21% or 6.70 points to trade at 165.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) added 3.75% or 54.00 points to end at 1,494.00 and Vonovia SE (ETR: VNAn ) was up 3.71% or 1.01 points to 28.22 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (ETR: ADSGN ), which fell 2.03% or 4.10 points to trade at 198.20 at the close. Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR: P911_p ) declined 0.45% or 0.20 points to end at 44.02 and Bayer AG NA (ETR: BAYGN ) was down 0.31% or 0.07 points to 20.83.

The top performers on the MDAX were RENK Group AG (ETR: R3NK ) which rose 8.48% to 51.89, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR: AG1G ) which was up 8.28% to settle at 19.88 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR: AT1 ) which gained 6.07% to close at 2.76.

The worst performers were Gerresheimer AG (ETR: GXIG ) which was down 3.58% to 51.10 in late trade, K+S AG (ETR: SDFGn ) which lost 1.45% to settle at 13.55 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR: BOSSn ) which was down 1.40% to 33.75 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which rose 5.86% to 68.60, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR: EUZG ) which was up 4.73% to settle at 53.15 and Formycon AG (ETR: FYB ) which gained 4.66% to close at 23.60.

The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR: NA9n ) which was down 0.21% to 71.50 in late trade, Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) which gained 0.11% to settle at 37.17 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR: COP1n ) which was up 0.27% to 22.14 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 469 to 167 and 24 ended unchanged.

Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.75% or 54.00 to 1,494.00. Shares in RENK Group AG (ETR: R3NK ) rose to all time highs; up 8.48% or 4.06 to 51.89. Shares in Gerresheimer AG (ETR: GXIG ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.58% or 1.90 to 51.10.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 21.14.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.41% or 13.09 to $3,239.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.73% or 0.45 to hit $61.08 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.49 to trade at $64.39 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP fell 0.86% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 99.87.