Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Transportation & Logistics and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.32%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 3.57% or 0.490 points to trade at 14.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.90% or 0.305 points to end at 10.805 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 1.95% or 2.60 points to 135.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 2.79% or 0.600 points to trade at 20.920 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 2.06% or 0.199 points to end at 9.445 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was down 1.10% or 1.30 points to 117.30.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which rose 3.80% to 12.41, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 3.15% to settle at 78.470 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which gained 2.45% to close at 20.905.
The worst performers were Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 1.67% to 37.665 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 1.66% to settle at 18.100 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 1.39% to 82.950 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 3.35% to 9.828, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 1.97% to settle at 5.480 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.85% to close at 61.000.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 8.58% to 9.901 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 3.95% to settle at 34.205 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 3.20% to 12.405 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 464 to 280 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to all time highs; up 3.15% or 2.400 to 78.470. Shares in Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) rose to all time highs; up 1.85% or 1.110 to 61.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.22% to 13.31 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.42 to $1331.28 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.41 to trade at $54.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1966, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.9014.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.87.