Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Consumer & Cyclical and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Chemicals, Transportation & Logistics and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.37%, while the MDAX index declined 0.19%, and the TecDAX index added 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 1.39% or 0.76 points to trade at 55.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 1.18% or 1.48 points to end at 126.40 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 0.84% or 2.20 points to 264.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde PLC (DE:LINI), which fell 2.22% or 3.750 points to trade at 165.450 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 2.20% or 0.142 points to end at 6.305 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was down 1.80% or 1.100 points to 59.890.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 4.39% to 14.495, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 2.74% to settle at 172.300 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which gained 2.29% to close at 36.600.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 4.09% to 2.483 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.50% to settle at 41.380 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was down 2.11% to 6.532 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 8.11% to 23.720, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 4.17% to settle at 350.00 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 2.74% to close at 172.300.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 4.09% to 2.483 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 1.59% to settle at 9.2660 and Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 1.32% to 30.620 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 343 to 343 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.20% or 0.142 to 6.305. Shares in Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; rising 0.84% or 2.20 to 264.05. Shares in Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) fell to all time lows; losing 4.09% or 0.106 to 2.483. Shares in Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) fell to all time lows; down 4.09% or 0.106 to 2.483.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.24% to 16.77.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.47% or 6.05 to $1277.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.14% or 0.67 to hit $59.30 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $68.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1168, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 97.820.