Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Technology and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.28%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.13%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.83% or 0.340 points to trade at 18.900 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 1.69% or 0.148 points to end at 8.902 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 1.29% or 0.440 points to 34.595 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 1.45% or 1.200 points to trade at 81.630 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 0.64% or 0.075 points to end at 11.595 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was down 0.62% or 1.00 points to 160.55.
The top performers on the MDAX were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which rose 3.41% to 18.820, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 2.69% to settle at 74.950 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which gained 1.65% to close at 11.69.
The worst performers were Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which was down 2.03% to 12.305 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 1.36% to settle at 105.00 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.11% to 99.290 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 3.45% to 12.600, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 3.39% to settle at 17.101 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 3.01% to close at 49.085.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 8.83% to 82.050 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 1.95% to settle at 13.060 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 1.32% to 44.365 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 434 to 336 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) rose to all time highs; rising 1.29% or 0.440 to 34.595. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; rising 3.41% or 0.620 to 18.820. Shares in S&T AG (F:SANT1) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.39% or 0.561 to 17.101.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.63% to 12.93.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.33 to $1260.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $52.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1730, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.9041.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 93.65.