Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Media and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Consumer & Cyclical and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.29%, while the MDAX index declined 0.24%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 4.43% or 2.880 points to trade at 67.940 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.37% or 0.225 points to end at 16.695 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 1.30% or 0.420 points to 32.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which fell 2.67% or 2.480 points to trade at 90.340 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) declined 2.37% or 2.65 points to end at 109.05 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was down 2.12% or 1.880 points to 86.980.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which rose 3.50% to 37.260, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was up 2.78% to settle at 14.41 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which gained 2.10% to close at 72.800.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 4.64% to 0.39 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.79% to settle at 41.120 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 2.66% to 29.960 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 12.77% to 16.645, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was up 4.41% to settle at 28.900 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 3.46% to close at 80.650.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 4.43% to 34.55 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 3.36% to settle at 14.230 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 3.31% to 17.820 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 363 to 337 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 5-year highs; up 12.77% or 1.885 to 16.645.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.80% to 18.74.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.31% or 17.50 to $1315.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.56% or 1.00 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.85 to trade at $66.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.72% to 1.2228, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 90.36.