Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Industrials and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.65%, while the MDAX index gained 0.03%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG), which rose 4.50% or 1.99 points to trade at 46.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) added 4.10% or 1.90 points to end at 48.19 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 3.10% or 5.05 points to 168.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which fell 5.22% or 10.85 points to trade at 196.95 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (DE:DTGGe) declined 5.06% or 1.27 points to end at 23.91 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) was down 4.38% or 4.82 points to 105.26.
The top performers on the MDAX were Sixt SE (DE:SIXG) which rose 5.19% to 133.80, K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was up 3.72% to settle at 29.00 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 2.25% to close at 92.56.
The worst performers were Befesa SA (DE:BFSA) which was down 6.36% to 67.70 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 5.72% to settle at 24.74 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 4.81% to 25.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 7.06% to 16.83, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 2.25% to settle at 92.56 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 2.21% to close at 2.59.
The worst performers were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which was down 4.21% to 29.25 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 3.21% to settle at 13.43 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.14% to 91.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 385 to 296 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.10% or 5.05 to 168.20. Shares in Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.72% or 1.50 to 24.74. Shares in Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.81% or 1.30 to 25.70.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.06% to 28.53.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.54% or 10.50 to $1,923.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.19 to hit $103.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.18 to trade at $107.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 99.35.