Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Transportation & Logistics and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Software and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.17%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.37%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 1.73% or 1.160 points to trade at 68.240 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.66% or 0.360 points to end at 22.040 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.56% or 1.52 points to 98.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 4.72% or 6.300 points to trade at 127.050 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 2.51% or 0.202 points to end at 7.858 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 1.99% or 1.36 points to 67.04.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which rose 3.16% to 27.780, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was up 2.60% to settle at 26.800 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which gained 2.18% to close at 10.77.
The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 3.14% to 14.9500 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 1.83% to settle at 6.974 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 1.51% to 32.010 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 4.85% to 12.650, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 3.55% to settle at 8.900 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which gained 2.76% to close at 32.740.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 4.72% to 127.050 in late trade, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which lost 4.35% to settle at 6.60 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 1.90% to 51.650 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 357 to 322 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.85% or 0.585 to 12.650. Shares in SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) fell to all time lows; losing 4.35% or 0.30 to 6.60.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.05% to 14.70.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.62% or 7.95 to $1299.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.88 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $66.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1295, while EUR/GBP rose 1.11% to 0.8645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.940.