Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Retail, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.25% to hit a new 3-months low, while the MDAX index lost 0.93%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN), which rose 3.90% or 1.420 points to trade at 37.785 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) added 0.05% or 0.100 points to end at 212.250 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was down 0.43% or 0.050 points to 11.565 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG), which fell 2.87% or 0.690 points to trade at 23.335 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) declined 2.20% or 0.250 points to end at 11.130 and Siemens AG NA (XETRA:SIEGn) was down 1.88% or 1.730 points to 90.350.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (XETRA:GXId) which rose 4.06% to 56.330, Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was up 0.94% to settle at 43.350 and Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which gained 1.01% to close at 42.97.
The worst performers were Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) which was down 3.57% to 12.410 in late trade, Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which lost 3.13% to settle at 24.115 and Metro AG ST O.N. (XETRA:MEOG) which was down 2.57% to 28.280 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which rose 3.73% to 32.295, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 3.66% to settle at 28.870 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which gained 3.06% to close at 8.580.
The worst performers were Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which was down 3.09% to 3.955 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which lost 1.67% to settle at 20.050 and Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which was down 1.39% to 39.995 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 529 to 222 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.90% or 1.420 to 37.785. Shares in Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.09% or 0.126 to 3.955.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 27.06 a new 3-years high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.50 to $1177.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.13% or 0.66 to hit $58.99 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.81% or 1.12 to trade at $63.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1156, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.7094.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 95.60.