Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.07% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 0.29%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 2.97% or 0.645 points to trade at 22.370 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.24% or 0.260 points to end at 21.280 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was up 1.01% or 1.75 points to 175.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which fell 2.33% or 2.26 points to trade at 94.64 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.39% or 0.330 points to end at 23.485 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 0.84% or 1.00 points to 118.60.
The top performers on the MDAX were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which rose 4.81% to 80.700, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was up 3.18% to settle at 149.45 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which gained 1.76% to close at 58.350.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 1.64% to 3.79 in late trade, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which lost 1.27% to settle at 10.535 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 1.20% to 16.890 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 1.53% to 37.550, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 0.89% to settle at 45.955 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 0.62% to close at 64.900.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 7.61% to 75.300 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.15% to settle at 9.300 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.99% to 10.690 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 410 to 336 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; up 2.97% or 0.645 to 22.370. Shares in Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.20% or 0.205 to 16.890. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.15% or 0.302 to 9.300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.52% to 11.26.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.20% or 15.65 to $1287.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.83% or 0.43 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.42 to trade at $57.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1756, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.47.