Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Financial Services and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Food & Beverages and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.09%, while the MDAX index lost 0.19%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which rose 3.44% or 0.960 points to trade at 28.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) added 2.35% or 3.550 points to end at 154.500 and Linde PLC (DE:LINI) was up 2.07% or 2.900 points to 142.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 1.78% or 0.156 points to trade at 8.590 at the close. Covestro AG (DE:1COV) declined 1.06% or 0.620 points to end at 58.040 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 1.00% or 0.092 points to 9.083.
The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 7.95% to 102.5000, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 3.44% to settle at 82.940 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which gained 2.91% to close at 26.880.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 8.52% to 31.46 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 3.72% to settle at 8.282 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 3.53% to 61.680 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SGL Carbon SE (DE:SGCG) which rose 11.10% to 9.960, Patrizia Immobilien AG (DE:PATGn) which was up 8.41% to settle at 16.750 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which gained 4.58% to close at 125.50.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 5.43% to 50.550 in late trade, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which lost 3.25% to settle at 11.30 and DWS Group GmbH & Co KgaA (DE:DWSG) which was down 3.17% to 25.23 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 360 to 335 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde PLC (DE:LINI) rose to all time highs; rising 2.07% or 2.900 to 142.700. Shares in Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.52% or 2.93 to 31.46. Shares in SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) fell to all time lows; down 3.25% or 0.38 to 11.30.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.36% to 19.62.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 1.70 to $1228.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.57% or 1.62 to hit $61.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.36% or 1.73 to trade at $71.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1417, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.12.