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Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.05%

Published 01/21/2020, 01:15 PM
Updated 01/21/2020, 01:15 PM
Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.05%

Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.05%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Basic Resources and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.05% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index fell 0.15%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 1.81% or 0.875 points to trade at 49.345 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 1.36% or 2.000 points to end at 148.600 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.25% or 0.860 points to 69.720 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 3.38% or 0.505 points to trade at 14.440 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.78% or 2.02 points to end at 111.22 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 1.02% or 0.350 points to 33.915.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 6.80% to 46.660, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was up 3.24% to settle at 54.150 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 1.45% to close at 46.93.

The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 3.84% to 42.080 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 3.49% to settle at 89.000 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 3.14% to 60.40 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 3.24% to 54.150, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 2.15% to settle at 19.930 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which gained 1.38% to close at 22.10.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 3.49% to 89.000 in late trade, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which lost 1.95% to settle at 90.500 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 1.48% to 119.600 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 401 to 267 and 83 ended unchanged.

Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.36% or 2.000 to 148.600.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.84% to 12.99.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.32% or 4.95 to $1555.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $58.75 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.23 to trade at $64.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1091, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8498.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.335.

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