Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Insurance and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.81%, while the MDAX index added 0.48%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.14% or 1.500 points to trade at 132.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 0.47% or 0.065 points to end at 13.915 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.36% or 0.12 points to 33.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 2.74% or 0.360 points to trade at 12.760 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) declined 2.72% or 0.310 points to end at 11.105 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 2.10% or 0.415 points to 19.370.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 21.75% to 32.55, Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was up 5.22% to settle at 48.85 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which gained 2.69% to close at 27.820.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.22% to 25.955 in late trade, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which lost 1.99% to settle at 19.730 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 1.97% to 31.42 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 5.54% to 4.094, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was up 2.28% to settle at 5.349 and Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which gained 1.43% to close at 7.147.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 6.60% to 33.020 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 2.04% to settle at 43.495 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.02% to 3.541 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 469 to 349 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; up 1.14% or 1.500 to 132.650. Shares in Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.36% or 0.12 to 33.49.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.92% to 19.65.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.23% or 3.05 to $1332.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.35 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.16 to trade at $46.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1010, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8401.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 97.14.