Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Retail and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.38%, while the MDAX index lost 0.10%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 1.39% or 0.206 points to trade at 15.072 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 0.94% or 0.660 points to end at 70.900 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 0.84% or 0.70 points to 84.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 1.82% or 2.750 points to trade at 148.750 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.51% or 1.94 points to end at 126.14 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 1.49% or 0.650 points to 42.950.
The top performers on the MDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 2.29% to 29.440, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was up 1.97% to settle at 28.00 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which gained 1.56% to close at 125.16.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 5.33% to 87.0000 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 5.01% to settle at 13.4750 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.14% to 32.430 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which rose 2.92% to 10.58, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 2.29% to settle at 29.440 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.96% to close at 46.900.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 4.95% to 87.325 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 3.14% to settle at 32.4300 and Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 3.12% to 29.820 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 406 to 282 and 89 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.40% to 15.19.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.46% or 6.55 to $1424.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $57.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $64.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1358, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 95.768.