Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Software, Financial Services and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.08%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.34%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 6.04% or 0.690 points to trade at 12.115 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.99% or 0.425 points to end at 14.660 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 2.32% or 3.30 points to 145.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 2.07% or 1.910 points to trade at 90.300 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) declined 0.98% or 0.890 points to end at 90.110 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was down 0.98% or 0.900 points to 91.100.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 8.15% to 78.000, Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was up 2.76% to settle at 83.390 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which gained 1.58% to close at 58.490.
The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 6.09% to 46.910 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 3.04% to settle at 55.090 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 2.35% to 65.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 2.98% to 13.140, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 2.93% to settle at 39.550 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 2.68% to close at 11.290.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 12.42% to 13.575 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 3.54% to settle at 75.430 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 3.20% to 62.980 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 394 to 353 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.04% or 0.690 to 12.115. Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.15% or 5.880 to 78.000. Shares in Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.76% or 2.240 to 83.390. Shares in Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.58% or 0.910 to 58.490. Shares in GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.42% or 1.925 to 13.575.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.25% to 12.54.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.54 to $1277.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.06% or 0.55 to hit $52.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.52% or 0.87 to trade at $58.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1763, while EUR/GBP rose 0.75% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.82.