Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Transportation & Logistics and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.42%, while the MDAX index lost 0.84%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 3.20% or 0.640 points to trade at 20.630 at the close. Meanwhile, Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) added 2.04% or 1.120 points to end at 56.000 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 0.85% or 0.580 points to 69.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which fell 2.65% or 2.92 points to trade at 107.42 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 2.36% or 0.490 points to end at 20.250 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was down 2.08% or 0.87 points to 40.87.
The top performers on the MDAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which rose 0.88% to 22.8000, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was up 0.78% to settle at 80.200 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which gained 0.61% to close at 13.09.
The worst performers were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 4.03% to 29.510 in late trade, Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which lost 3.06% to settle at 52.64 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 3.02% to 32.080 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which rose 4.11% to 45.60, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 3.59% to settle at 114.050 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 3.25% to close at 133.500.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 5.88% to 8.170 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 3.66% to settle at 92.150 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.33% to 20.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 441 to 251 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.06% or 1.66 to 52.64. Shares in SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.33% or 0.70 to 20.30.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.22% to 15.42.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.38% or 16.50 to $1208.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $75.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.07 to trade at $84.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1560, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.03.