Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Chemicals and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.51%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.60%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which rose 4.81% or 1.890 points to trade at 41.180 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 4.52% or 0.525 points to end at 12.135 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 4.45% or 0.266 points to 6.241 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which fell 0.96% or 1.000 points to trade at 103.400 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 0.46% or 1.20 points to end at 258.00 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was down 0.07% or 0.080 points to 111.140.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 7.87% to 14.050, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was up 5.58% to settle at 47.150 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 5.44% to close at 43.42.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.72% to 168.300 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.47% to settle at 82.7500 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.07% to 21.280 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which rose 5.25% to 34.48, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 4.64% to settle at 27.540 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 3.22% to close at 62.200.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.72% to 168.300 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.47% to settle at 82.750 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.07% to 21.280 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 457 to 217 and 93 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.24% to 16.82.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1328.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.58% or 0.31 to hit $53.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.63 to trade at $61.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1250, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.097.