Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Software and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.06%, while the MDAX index fell 0.07%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 2.57% or 1.08 points to trade at 43.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 1.99% or 2.150 points to end at 110.050 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.74% or 0.450 points to 26.350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 2.47% or 0.185 points to trade at 7.311 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 2.45% or 1.660 points to end at 66.220 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 2.31% or 1.040 points to 43.980.
The top performers on the MDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 3.69% to 174.400, Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was up 2.71% to settle at 68.25 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which gained 2.67% to close at 102.000.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 9.83% to 41.00 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 3.70% to settle at 5.652 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 3.05% to 33.420 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 5.20% to 50.350, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 3.69% to settle at 174.400 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 2.85% to close at 20.900.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 3.95% to 39.42 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 3.05% to settle at 33.420 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.71% to 9.515 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 404 to 273 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.85% or 0.580 to 20.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.58% to 16.05.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.55 to $1514.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.69% or 2.94 to hit $59.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 5.20% or 3.59 to trade at $65.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.63% to 1.1069, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 97.762.