Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Utilities and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.68%, while the MDAX index declined 0.19%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which rose 1.10% or 0.890 points to trade at 81.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 1.05% or 0.205 points to end at 19.785 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 0.60% or 0.080 points to 13.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 2.61% or 3.600 points to trade at 134.350 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 2.24% or 0.270 points to end at 11.765 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 2.01% or 0.330 points to 16.055.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which rose 7.07% to 28.690, DMG Mori Seiki AG (DE:GILG) which was up 2.57% to settle at 41.345 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 2.25% to close at 46.955.
The worst performers were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 3.93% to 10.26 in late trade, RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which lost 2.76% to settle at 80.610 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 2.73% to 31.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which rose 2.69% to 25.35, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 2.63% to settle at 248.250 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 2.44% to close at 180.600.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.45% to 4.019 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 2.37% to settle at 15.435 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.99% to 28.530 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 476 to 399 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.45% or 0.101 to 4.019.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.58% to 20.11.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.65 to $1217.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.99% or 0.49 to hit $49.82 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.24 to trade at $50.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.7673.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.75.