Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals , Consumer & Cyclical and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.34%, while the MDAX index gained 0.39%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ), which rose 5.45% or 11.40 points to trade at 220.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR: VOWG_p ) added 3.19% or 2.86 points to end at 92.40 and Zalando SE (ETR: ZALG ) was up 3.04% or 1.04 points to 35.29 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SAP SE (ETR: SAPG ), which fell 3.32% or 7.50 points to trade at 218.50 at the close. Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) declined 2.60% or 38.00 points to end at 1,426.00 and Airbus Group SE (ETR: AIRG ) was down 2.48% or 3.38 points to 133.12.

The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which rose 6.85% to 6.83, Puma SE (ETR: PUMG ) which was up 6.69% to settle at 22.00 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which gained 4.68% to close at 59.25.

The worst performers were Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR: AT1 ) which was down 1.69% to 2.67 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which lost 1.35% to settle at 12.40 and Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR: RDC ) which was down 1.34% to 124.80 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which rose 6.85% to 6.83, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) which was up 5.45% to settle at 220.40 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which gained 4.68% to close at 59.25.

The worst performers were Formycon AG (ETR: FYB ) which was down 3.92% to 22.05 in late trade, SAP SE (ETR: SAPG ) which lost 3.32% to settle at 218.50 and Kontron AG (ETR: KTN ) which was down 2.01% to 21.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 378 to 257 and 16 ended unchanged.

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 0.03% or 0.94 to $3,426.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.93% or 1.83 to hit $64.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.49% or 1.65 to trade at $67.91 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.15, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.46% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 98.37.