Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Financial Services and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Industrials and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.29%, while the MDAX index added 0.19%, and the TecDAX index added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 2.61% or 3.800 points to trade at 149.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 2.04% or 0.290 points to end at 14.505 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) was up 1.10% or 2.60 points to 239.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which fell 2.24% or 1.420 points to trade at 62.000 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 2.16% or 3.38 points to end at 153.20 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 2.00% or 0.141 points to 6.910.
The top performers on the MDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 3.26% to 174.300, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.75% to settle at 20.960 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 2.65% to close at 40.65.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 4.85% to 12.265 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 4.54% to settle at 19.990 and Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:KBX) which was down 3.10% to 85.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 4.27% to 10.490, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 3.26% to settle at 174.300 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which gained 2.77% to close at 13.36.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 4.86% to 5.970 in late trade, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which lost 3.83% to settle at 18.84 and Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 1.48% to 25.280 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 361 to 301 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.85% or 0.625 to 12.265.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.79% to 16.56.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 8.95 to $1540.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.29% or 1.34 to hit $57.30 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.55% or 1.65 to trade at $63.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1014, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 97.963.