Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Media and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.35%, while the MDAX index declined 0.37%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which rose 5.82% or 0.536 points to trade at 9.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) added 3.04% or 0.720 points to end at 24.405 and E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) was up 2.58% or 0.184 points to 7.316 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG), which fell 5.50% or 3.460 points to trade at 59.500 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) declined 4.13% or 4.100 points to end at 95.200 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) was down 2.67% or 1.890 points to 68.800.
The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which rose 1.91% to 74.200, Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was up 1.84% to settle at 67.000 and GEA Group AG (XETRA:G1AG) which gained 1.61% to close at 32.145.
The worst performers were Axel Springer SE (XETRA:SPRGn) which was down 4.27% to 50.190 in late trade, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG O.N. (XETRA:KD8Gn) which lost 2.93% to settle at 116.050 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (XETRA:NOEJ) which was down 2.89% to 42.980 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 23.92% to 36.010, STRATEC Biomedical AG (XETRA:SBSG) which was up 5.73% to settle at 50.920 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which gained 3.21% to close at 103.000.
The worst performers were BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which was down 3.89% to 232.000 in late trade, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which lost 3.31% to settle at 2.457 and QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 2.15% to 1.458 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 435 to 251 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.13% or 4.100 to 95.200. Shares in Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.31% or 0.084 to 2.457. Shares in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.21% or 3.200 to 103.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.19.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1131.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.98% or 0.88 to hit $45.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.06% or 0.97 to trade at $48.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1245, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7419.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 96.07.