Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software, Transportation & Logistics and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer & Cyclical and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.02%, while the MDAX index gained 0.03%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which rose 1.60% or 0.920 points to trade at 58.445 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP SE (DE:SAPG) added 1.32% or 1.660 points to end at 127.060 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 1.31% or 1.930 points to 148.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 2.58% or 3.02 points to trade at 114.00 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 1.90% or 1.410 points to end at 72.775 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was down 1.52% or 1.240 points to 80.255.
The top performers on the MDAX were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which rose 5.26% to 132.050, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was up 4.65% to settle at 44.530 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 3.11% to close at 28.16.
The worst performers were K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was down 4.39% to 10.990 in late trade, Encavis AG (DE:ECVG) which lost 3.26% to settle at 14.840 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.19% to 14.890 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which rose 5.26% to 132.050, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 3.11% to settle at 28.16 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.89% to close at 42.700.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 7.05% to 39.020 in late trade, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which lost 3.81% to settle at 123.600 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.19% to 14.890 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 373 to 342 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.89% or 1.200 to 42.700.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.66% to 18.32.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 3.95 to $1785.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.54% or 0.36 to hit $66.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.17 to trade at $69.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.1717, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 93.093.