Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Transportation & Logistics and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.02%, while the MDAX index added 0.25%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.08% or 0.185 points to trade at 9.075 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.63% or 0.310 points to end at 19.375 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was up 1.45% or 0.890 points to 62.310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which fell 2.48% or 0.750 points to trade at 29.460 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 2.03% or 0.510 points to end at 24.610 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 1.14% or 0.900 points to 78.020.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 5.71% to 55.500, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was up 3.13% to settle at 81.780 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which gained 2.15% to close at 18.520.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 2.06% to 116.60 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 1.14% to settle at 12.97 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.09% to 52.740 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 2.08% to 63.800, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 1.82% to settle at 6.435 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 1.53% to close at 146.200.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.98% to 138.750 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 1.67% to settle at 13.550 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.48% to 42.500 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 384 to 327 and 72 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.48% or 0.750 to 29.460. Shares in Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.15% or 0.390 to 18.520. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; up 1.53% or 2.200 to 146.200.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.10% to 15.06.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1301.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.56% or 0.37 to hit $66.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $76.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1789, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.51.