Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Technology and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.25%, while the MDAX index fell 0.14%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG), which rose 2.40% or 1.510 points to trade at 64.510 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) added 1.00% or 0.135 points to end at 13.575 and RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) was up 0.92% or 0.220 points to 24.035 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG), which fell 2.15% or 0.990 points to trade at 45.100 at the close. Adidas AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ADSGN) declined 2.15% or 1.400 points to end at 63.630 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) was down 1.67% or 0.385 points to 22.735.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) which rose 5.27% to 20.480, Sky Deutschland AG NA (XETRA:SKYDn) which was up 3.18% to settle at 6.913 and Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) which gained 1.67% to close at 50.718.
The worst performers were Rheinmetall AG (XETRA:RHMG) which was down 3.23% to 39.370 in late trade, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which lost 2.87% to settle at 9.786 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was down 2.21% to 99.990 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which rose 2.57% to 75.930, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 2.45% to settle at 110.800 and Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which gained 1.96% to close at 35.625.
The worst performers were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which was down 2.99% to 79.250 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) which lost 2.85% to settle at 4.606 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 1.98% to 7.125 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 438 to 291 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.27% or 1.025 to 20.480. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.45% or 2.650 to 110.800. Shares in Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.96% or 0.685 to 35.625.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.25% to 19.69.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.92% or 23.60 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 2.20% or 1.18 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.38 to trade at $61.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.7426.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 94.25.