Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Industrials and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.04%, while the MDAX index lost 0.71%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn), which rose 3.10% or 0.455 points to trade at 15.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) added 1.72% or 0.660 points to end at 39.040 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 0.83% or 1.050 points to 126.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 3.14% or 0.710 points to trade at 21.910 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 2.85% or 2.010 points to end at 68.440 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRK) was down 2.61% or 2.570 points to 95.850.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 1.83% to 34.970, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 1.55% to settle at 18.315 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which gained 1.01% to close at 32.440.
The worst performers were Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was down 4.58% to 48.475 in late trade, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which lost 3.60% to settle at 92.750 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.64% to 32.580 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 5.26% to 26.400, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 2.94% to settle at 12.410 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which gained 1.97% to close at 26.445.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 3.31% to 43.900 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 3.21% to settle at 72.290 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was down 2.32% to 23.135 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 485 to 379 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.26% or 1.320 to 26.400.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.39% to 17.85.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.76% or 9.55 to $1273.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.31% or 0.66 to hit $49.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 0.70 to trade at $50.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0887, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.8957.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 98.75.