Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Basic Resources and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Retail and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.06%, while the MDAX index added 0.08%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 8.73% or 1.935 points to trade at 24.105 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.30% or 0.252 points to end at 11.188 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 1.59% or 0.145 points to 9.236 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 4.29% or 2.960 points to trade at 66.020 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 2.16% or 1.840 points to end at 83.540 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was down 0.92% or 1.00 points to 107.25.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which rose 8.03% to 48.310, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.30% to settle at 124.55 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which gained 2.26% to close at 54.200.
The worst performers were Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was down 2.94% to 29.72 in late trade, Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which lost 2.37% to settle at 63.900 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was down 1.34% to 48.58 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 4.21% to 36.120, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 2.12% to settle at 149.150 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which gained 0.79% to close at 140.40.
The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 7.77% to 19.000 in late trade, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which lost 5.00% to settle at 24.70 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 3.97% to 278.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 398 to 306 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.00% or 1.30 to 24.70.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.13% to 15.07.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.21% or 2.60 to $1223.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.53% or 1.07 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.69 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1704, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.28.