Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Technology and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Chemicals and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.31%, while the MDAX index gained 0.06%, and the TecDAX index added 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 1.24% or 0.125 points to trade at 10.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 0.96% or 1.37 points to end at 144.80 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 0.88% or 0.425 points to 48.805 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 1.99% or 2.60 points to trade at 128.05 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 1.68% or 1.310 points to end at 76.860 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.36% or 3.63 points to 262.32.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which rose 12.96% to 51.70, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 3.39% to settle at 475.800 and Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which gained 3.09% to close at 128.450.
The worst performers were Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 3.94% to 40.765 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 1.88% to settle at 76.180 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was down 1.84% to 47.07 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 3.39% to 475.800, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 3.09% to settle at 128.450 and Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which gained 2.14% to close at 78.650.
The worst performers were Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 3.94% to 40.765 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which lost 2.38% to settle at 168.10 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.88% to 76.180 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 359 to 323 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.14% or 1.650 to 78.650.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.07% to 19.83.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.65 to $1778.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.84% or 0.52 to hit $62.43 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.42 to trade at $65.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.2073, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 90.930.