Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.05% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index added 0.08%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 4.13% or 4.92 points to trade at 124.10 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.51% or 0.410 points to end at 27.540 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 1.32% or 1.24 points to 95.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 5.34% or 3.290 points to trade at 58.270 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 2.70% or 1.185 points to end at 42.640 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) was down 2.11% or 2.500 points to 116.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 8.16% to 29.300, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 6.22% to settle at 104.2000 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which gained 3.44% to close at 43.96.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 6.56% to 44.140 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 2.64% to settle at 177.100 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 2.18% to 59.300 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 8.16% to 29.300, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 6.12% to settle at 104.100 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which gained 1.53% to close at 14.58.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 6.56% to 44.140 in late trade, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which lost 2.95% to settle at 39.46 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.64% to 177.100 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 347 to 321 and 85 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.21% to 15.07.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.05 to $1487.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.23% or 0.66 to hit $54.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.43 to trade at $59.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1139, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8607.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.132.