Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Technology and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.13% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 1.39%, and the TecDAX index added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p), which rose 10.63% or 8.63 points to trade at 89.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) added 4.66% or 0.61 points to end at 13.62 and Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:PSHG_p) was up 4.25% or 1.99 points to 48.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn), which fell 2.48% or 5.60 points to trade at 220.20 at the close. E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn) declined 1.42% or 0.17 points to end at 11.81 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) was down 1.23% or 0.34 points to 27.30.
The top performers on the MDAX were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which rose 6.49% to 133.00, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (ETR:FPE3_p) which was up 5.99% to settle at 43.56 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG) which gained 5.69% to close at 109.65.
The worst performers were Encavis AG (ETR:ECVG) which was down 4.18% to 13.40 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which lost 3.13% to settle at 11.94 and LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:LEGn) which was down 2.35% to 74.12 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which rose 4.99% to 26.70, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which was up 3.41% to settle at 34.88 and Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which gained 3.05% to close at 270.00.
The worst performers were Energiekontor AG (ETR:EKTG) which was down 2.06% to 66.60 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which lost 1.15% to settle at 12.00 and ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) which was down 0.94% to 5.48 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 389 to 218 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.66% or 0.61 to 13.62. Shares in Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (ETR:FPE3_p) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.99% or 2.46 to 43.56. Shares in Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) rose to all time highs; up 3.05% or 8.00 to 270.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.72% to 12.90.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.89% or 19.45 to $2,169.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.30% or 0.23 to hit $78.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.23 to trade at $82.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 102.61.