Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Consumer & Cyclical and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Chemicals, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.56%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.11%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 0.74% or 0.080 points to trade at 10.855 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 0.68% or 0.75 points to end at 110.29 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 0.68% or 0.540 points to 80.485 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which fell 2.23% or 4.60 points to trade at 201.60 at the close. Linde PLC (DE:LINI) declined 2.18% or 5.900 points to end at 265.350 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.70% or 0.565 points to 32.675.
The top performers on the MDAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which rose 3.44% to 5.743, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 3.26% to settle at 30.12 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which gained 2.68% to close at 50.620.
The worst performers were AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which was down 3.67% to 35.20 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.68% to settle at 25.020 and K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was down 2.65% to 12.195 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which rose 3.26% to 30.12, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 1.81% to settle at 21.42 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which gained 1.67% to close at 82.250.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.68% to 25.020 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.95% to settle at 36.280 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which was down 1.05% to 36.885 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 383 to 307 and 80 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.33% to 18.81.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.99% or 36.40 to $1797.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.57% or 1.09 to hit $68.20 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.58 to trade at $71.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1844, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8591.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 92.493.