Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Retail and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecom, Utilities and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.22%, while the MDAX index lost 0.56%, and the TecDAX index added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ADSGN), which rose 1.68% or 0.950 points to trade at 57.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) added 0.74% or 0.065 points to end at 8.845 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) was up 0.49% or 0.300 points to 61.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn), which fell 2.11% or 0.285 points to trade at 13.250 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) declined 2.10% or 0.550 points to end at 25.650 and E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) was down 1.80% or 0.260 points to 14.195.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which rose 1.58% to 31.73, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which was up 1.56% to settle at 8.963 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which gained 0.83% to close at 40.210.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (XETRA:FRAG) which was down 2.99% to 48.040 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which lost 1.45% to settle at 46.355 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (XETRA:BOSSn) which was down 1.26% to 101.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which rose 3.02% to 35.480, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was up 2.45% to settle at 9.370 and Bechtle AG O.N. (XETRA:BC8G) which gained 1.66% to close at 65.980.
The worst performers were Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which was down 2.26% to 10.365 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) which lost 2.06% to settle at 15.005 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) which was down 1.80% to 4.414 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 434 to 261 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) rose to 52 week highs; up 0.49% or 0.300 to 61.850.
Shares in Bechtle AG O.N. (XETRA:BC8G) rose to 52 week highs; rising 1.66% or 1.080 to 65.980.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.48.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.92% or 22.70 to $1204.60 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $53.50 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.57 to trade at $57.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.2168, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7820.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 90.19.