Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Basic Resources and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.75%, while the MDAX index lost 0.88%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.64% or 0.550 points to trade at 34.110 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) added 1.35% or 0.212 points to end at 15.890 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 1.17% or 0.62 points to 53.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 3.03% or 1.920 points to trade at 61.520 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 2.76% or 1.205 points to end at 42.470 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 2.47% or 0.815 points to 32.240.
The top performers on the MDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 2.00% to 66.250, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was up 0.95% to settle at 116.350 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 0.88% to close at 2.626.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which was down 5.64% to 10.238 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 4.46% to settle at 37.100 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 3.93% to 28.340 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 2.00% to 66.250, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which was up 1.35% to settle at 15.890 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 0.88% to close at 2.626.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 4.46% to 37.100 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 3.68% to settle at 10.720 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 3.37% to 101.850 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 507 to 174 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.64% or 0.550 to 34.110. Shares in Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) rose to all time highs; up 1.17% or 0.62 to 53.68. Shares in LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.95% or 1.100 to 116.350.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.43% to 15.47.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.07% or 17.05 to $1603.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $52.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.22 to trade at $57.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.0801, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8308.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 99.293.