Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Transportation & Logistics and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.18% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index declined 0.47%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p), which rose 4.66% or 27.000 points to trade at 607.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.06% or 1.92 points to end at 95.07 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 0.61% or 1.54 points to 255.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG), which fell 5.40% or 5.10 points to trade at 89.40 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) declined 2.70% or 0.65 points to end at 23.44 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was down 2.40% or 2.810 points to 114.030.
The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 3.95% to 111.800, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was up 2.81% to settle at 63.620 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.05% to close at 41.800.
The worst performers were Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which was down 3.99% to 5.300 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which lost 3.13% to settle at 24.80 and Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:KBX) which was down 2.96% to 87.76 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 4.66% to 607.000, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 3.95% to settle at 111.800 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 2.81% to close at 63.620.
The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 2.91% to 11.99 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.41% to settle at 17.793 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) which was down 2.40% to 114.030 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 509 to 205 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; rising 4.66% or 27.000 to 607.000. Shares in Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.99% or 0.220 to 5.300. Shares in Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) rose to all time highs; up 2.81% or 1.740 to 63.620. Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) fell to all time lows; losing 3.13% or 0.80 to 24.80. Shares in Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:KBX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.96% or 2.68 to 87.76. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.66% or 27.000 to 607.000. Shares in Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.81% or 1.740 to 63.620.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.45% to 27.55.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.67% or 11.95 to $1773.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 6.32% or 4.42 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 6.16% or 4.51 to trade at $68.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1287, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.275.