Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Media and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.14%, while the MDAX index declined 1.58%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde PLC (DE:LINI), which rose 2.06% or 2.900 points to trade at 144.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 1.47% or 1.380 points to end at 95.140 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.99% or 0.41 points to 41.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 6.24% or 1.323 points to trade at 19.887 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 4.72% or 6.45 points to end at 130.10 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 4.52% or 2.300 points to 48.580.
The top performers on the MDAX were Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which rose 3.58% to 462.50, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 3.23% to settle at 3.647 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 1.90% to close at 118.000.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 8.07% to 79.320 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 7.08% to settle at 103.700 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 6.76% to 53.750 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 9.25% to 67.900, Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which was up 2.56% to settle at 40.000 and Befesa SA (DE:BFSA) which gained 2.03% to close at 37.70.
The worst performers were Stabilus (DE:STAB) which was down 6.69% to 60.65 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 6.13% to settle at 33.060 and Tele Columbus AG (DE:TC1n) which was down 6.09% to 3.77 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 493 to 224 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.76% or 3.900 to 53.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.16% to 18.36.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 3.10 to $1242.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $52.90 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.22 to trade at $61.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1323, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8939.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.035.