FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Shares from the automotive sector in particular showed strength in the Dax on Tuesday. Behind the leader Heidelberg Materials, five shares - Continental, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen and the holding company Porsche SE - were at the top of the list. The price gains ranged from 2 to 2.4 percent.

Suppliers recently registered their first increase in orders in eleven months, noted chief strategist Ulrich Stephan of Deutsche Bank. Meanwhile, manufacturers benefited from a persistently high order backlog. "However, in order to prevent a supply overhang and a decline in margins, manufacturers are thinking of curbing the production growth of recent months." In addition, the bottom could soon be reached in China, where Dax automakers generate an estimated one-third of their profits./bek/men