Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Insurance and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.19%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.18%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 1.87% or 1.330 points to trade at 72.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) added 1.41% or 2.100 points to end at 151.300 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRK) was up 1.23% or 1.180 points to 97.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 3.80% or 0.445 points to trade at 11.255 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.99% or 0.128 points to end at 6.310 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 1.70% or 0.355 points to 20.470.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 2.71% to 36.38, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was up 2.28% to settle at 87.120 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which gained 1.68% to close at 26.915.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 2.22% to 40.090 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 1.95% to settle at 27.915 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 1.75% to 73.180 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which rose 2.73% to 6.253, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 1.91% to settle at 34.750 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 0.93% to close at 42.800.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 3.50% to 22.200 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 2.56% to settle at 189.950 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 2.30% to 52.660 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 428 to 407 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) fell to all time lows; losing 1.99% or 0.128 to 6.310.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.54% to 19.05.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1317.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.08 to hit $43.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $45.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1168, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.90.