Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Software and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Industrials, Food & Beverages and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.24% to hit a new 3-months high, while the MDAX index declined 0.01%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which rose 1.80% or 1.500 points to trade at 85.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 1.78% or 1.200 points to end at 68.640 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) was up 0.93% or 1.100 points to 119.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which fell 1.25% or 0.640 points to trade at 50.500 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 1.07% or 0.570 points to end at 52.910 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.85% or 0.069 points to 8.063.
The top performers on the MDAX were Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which rose 4.31% to 26.650, Grand City Properties SA (DE:GYC) which was up 3.01% to settle at 21.22 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 1.93% to close at 32.73.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 9.03% to 87.48 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 3.86% to settle at 23.400 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 3.02% to 8.03 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 3.04% to 8.2700, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 1.79% to settle at 312.50 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which gained 1.37% to close at 77.600.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.17% to 8.55 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.68% to settle at 86.780 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.18% to 21.760 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 362 to 335 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) fell to all time lows; falling 3.17% or 0.28 to 8.55.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.92% to 14.47 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1286.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.10 to trade at $65.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8583.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.757.