Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction, Industrials and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.35%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.25%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 4.33% or 0.298 points to trade at 7.183 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 2.62% or 0.390 points to end at 15.260 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 1.60% or 1.080 points to 68.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 1.80% or 2.700 points to trade at 146.950 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 0.80% or 0.35 points to end at 43.47 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 0.40% or 0.060 points to 15.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which rose 3.34% to 24.740, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 2.58% to settle at 6.636 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 2.43% to close at 94.9500.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 3.24% to 53.700 in late trade, Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which lost 2.04% to settle at 25.000 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 2.03% to 103.600 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 4.03% to 6.970, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.43% to settle at 94.950 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which gained 1.89% to close at 7.5540.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 3.24% to 53.700 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 1.80% to settle at 146.950 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.36% to 13.810 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 383 to 282 and 92 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.62% to 13.74.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1413.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.01% or 1.20 to hit $58.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.15 to trade at $65.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1212, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.9031.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.972.