Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Retail and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Industrials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.26%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.47%, and the TecDAX index added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn), which rose 4.66% or 0.86 points to trade at 19.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) added 1.19% or 2.00 points to end at 170.60 and Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN) was up 1.14% or 2.02 points to 178.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (ETR:1COV), which fell 1.94% or 0.93 points to trade at 47.02 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn) declined 1.78% or 4.20 points to end at 231.70 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) was down 1.74% or 0.29 points to 16.06.
The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:LEGn) which rose 4.28% to 57.56, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was up 4.17% to settle at 43.95 and Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which gained 3.27% to close at 9.41.
The worst performers were Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:KBX) which was down 4.01% to 65.08 in late trade, Duerr AG (ETR:DUEG) which lost 2.42% to settle at 28.18 and Encavis AG (ETR:ECVG) which was down 1.39% to 14.90 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which rose 6.83% to 19.55, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which was up 1.39% to settle at 109.30 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which gained 1.39% to close at 26.20.
The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was down 2.03% to 82.10 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which lost 0.79% to settle at 30.00 and Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which was down 0.75% to 41.06 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 331 to 322 and 88 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.40% to 14.07.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 2.85 to $1,932.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.12% or 1.48 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.08% or 1.55 to trade at $76.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.66.