Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Retail, Technology and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.58%, while the MDAX index lost 0.60%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 1.00% or 0.090 points to trade at 9.062 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 0.57% or 0.75 points to end at 131.95 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 0.42% or 0.155 points to 37.425 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 1.86% or 0.450 points to trade at 23.695 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 1.77% or 0.170 points to end at 9.423 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.57% or 2.75 points to 172.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which rose 3.80% to 72.932, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was up 2.68% to settle at 20.100 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 1.31% to close at 69.74.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 4.25% to 42.83 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 2.03% to settle at 36.750 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 1.92% to 23.495 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 1.88% to 70.040, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 1.57% to settle at 47.370 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 1.38% to close at 246.30.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.94% to 62.740 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 2.50% to settle at 79.280 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was down 2.04% to 24.200 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 416 to 315 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) rose to all time highs; rising 3.80% or 2.667 to 72.932. Shares in Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.31% or 0.90 to 69.74.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 9.21% to 13.22.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.86 to $1245.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.48% or 1.10 to hit $43.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.20% or 1.03 to trade at $45.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1122, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.8815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.49.