Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.03%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.02%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG), which rose 3.76% or 0.93 points to trade at 25.64 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) added 2.97% or 0.91 points to end at 31.51 and E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn) was up 1.91% or 0.22 points to 11.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN), which fell 7.57% or 2.13 points to trade at 25.96 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) declined 1.77% or 0.25 points to end at 13.84 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (ETR:DHLn) was down 1.69% or 0.71 points to 41.69.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:FMEG) which rose 11.17% to 38.33, Stroeer SE (ETR:SAXG) which was up 4.39% to settle at 54.70 and Encavis AG (ETR:ECVG) which gained 3.09% to close at 11.35.
The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was down 4.25% to 11.39 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 3.80% to settle at 12.90 and Rational AG (ETR:RAAG) which was down 3.69% to 730.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) which rose 1.88% to 5.65, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was up 1.78% to settle at 257.50 and Energiekontor AG (ETR:EKTG) which gained 1.37% to close at 66.60.
The worst performers were Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which was down 4.16% to 20.72 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 3.80% to settle at 12.90 and Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which was down 3.43% to 84.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 362 to 242 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN) fell to 5-year lows; falling 7.57% or 2.13 to 25.96. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.80% or 0.51 to 12.90. Shares in Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.78% or 4.50 to 257.50. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.80% or 0.51 to 12.90.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.89% to 13.74.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.50% or 10.55 to $2,136.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.41% or 0.32 to hit $78.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.42 to trade at $82.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 103.72.