Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Software and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Chemicals, Insurance and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.96%, while the MDAX index gained 0.03%, and the TecDAX index added 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n), which rose 2.93% or 0.77 points to trade at 27.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) added 2.79% or 3.25 points to end at 119.65 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 1.61% or 0.90 points to 56.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 4.12% or 5.16 points to trade at 120.06 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 4.01% or 3.045 points to end at 72.845 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 3.94% or 0.435 points to 10.615.
The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 5.30% to 66.730, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which was up 4.93% to settle at 85.96 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 4.65% to close at 31.94.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which was down 3.97% to 8.702 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 3.52% to settle at 80.620 and K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was down 3.44% to 12.447 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 5.30% to 66.730, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 4.65% to settle at 31.94 and Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which gained 3.19% to close at 100.300.
The worst performers were 11 AG (DE:1U1) which was down 3.02% to 25.080 in late trade, LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which lost 2.00% to settle at 22.540 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 1.93% to 19.488 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 437 to 249 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.93% or 4.04 to 85.96. Shares in Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.19% or 3.100 to 100.300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.56% to 18.38.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.54% or 9.70 to $1793.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.43% or 1.83 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.54% or 2.73 to trade at $74.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1813, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8571.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 92.608.