Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Media and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.29% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index lost 0.16%, and the TecDAX index added 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which rose 2.21% or 2.060 points to trade at 95.240 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 1.70% or 0.153 points to end at 9.163 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.41% or 0.270 points to 19.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.65% or 0.550 points to trade at 20.220 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 2.50% or 0.540 points to end at 21.040 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 1.61% or 0.460 points to 28.050.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 1.97% to 63.26, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was up 1.75% to settle at 23.8300 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which gained 1.61% to close at 31.520.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.80% to 37.170 in late trade, Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which lost 1.50% to settle at 461.00 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 1.31% to 108.95 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which rose 4.34% to 145.500, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was up 4.04% to settle at 56.70 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 3.79% to close at 88.900.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 6.92% to 8.716 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.94% to settle at 35.400 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.83% to 13.405 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 387 to 338 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.65% or 0.550 to 20.220. Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.61% or 0.460 to 28.050. Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.83% or 0.250 to 13.405.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.12% to 18.74.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.50% or 6.40 to $1262.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.10% or 2.11 to hit $70.19 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.42 to trade at $75.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1669, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 94.21.