Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Financial Services and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.94%, while the MDAX index lost 0.70%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn), which rose 1.50% or 0.410 points to trade at 27.660 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) added 0.79% or 0.095 points to end at 12.130 and Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG) was up 0.59% or 0.295 points to 50.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG), which fell 2.57% or 2.520 points to trade at 95.600 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DAIGn) declined 2.43% or 2.080 points to end at 83.660 and K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) was down 2.31% or 0.685 points to 28.975.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which rose 4.80% to 35.390, Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which was up 2.98% to settle at 29.745 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which gained 1.93% to close at 14.780.
The worst performers were Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) which was down 7.93% to 16.020 in late trade, Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (XETRA:ANNGn) which lost 4.30% to settle at 29.18 and LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which was down 2.19% to 66.440 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which rose 2.96% to 166.700, Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which was up 2.46% to settle at 42.635 and SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which gained 1.54% to close at 18.760.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which was down 2.74% to 3.653 in late trade, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which lost 2.30% to settle at 10.850 and Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which was down 1.90% to 165.100 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 504 to 242 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; up 2.96% or 4.800 to 166.700.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.61% to 23.92.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1192.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.51% or 0.91 to hit $61.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.65 to trade at $65.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.94% to 1.1140, while EUR/GBP rose 1.04% to 0.7264.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.51% at 96.05.